“Your Tucson money,” he said.

“You still haven’t given me a straight answer about where the home equity went after closing.”

“The bank has all those records,” I said.

“The Tucson bank told me the account was cashed out months ago,” he said, moving closer.

“Where’s that forty-eight thousand dollars, Mom?”

“It’s somewhere safe,” I said.

“Somewhere safe means a managed trust account that I supervise,” Daniel said.

He drew a breath and forced a tight, level smile.