They were forgeries, competent ones, but forgeries, and I know my own hand well enough to see where the forger’s confidence faltered on the capital letters.

A portion of the money from all of it was being funneled into a new limited liability company.

Horizon Vital, it was called, a name with the particular empty wellness-brochure sound of something Rebecca would choose.

I looked up its filing.

The sole managing member was Rebecca.

I sat with that for a long time, at my own kitchen table, at two in the morning.