I was asking for records and answers that should never have depended on his mood.

He nodded once.

I could not tell whether he meant it.

I no longer needed to pretend that a nod was the same as completed work.

When the meeting ended, June placed my copies in an envelope and wrote the branch contact information on the outside.

Walter arranged to review the packet with counsel.

Evan took his own papers.

Nobody announced that the money was mine alone, or that a crime had been proved, or that our marriage had ended by virtue of a bank meeting.