There was no sentence saying Marjorie was guilty.

There were no instructions naming Claire as owner of a house.

There was Julian’s own account of what he earned, spent, and expected to remember.

At Daniel’s office, he compared the entries with the available records.

“These help establish his recordkeeping and the context of the expense arrangements,” he said.

“A ledger isn’t a deed.

We still need the actual documents.”

I looked at the pages.