At 9:10 the next morning, I sat beside Mara at our bank branch.

Receipts and envelopes lay on the small service desk.

June, the manager, checked my identification and the account details before releasing information.

Mara was there because I wanted her present.

June asked me directly for the authority to discuss my records with her.

I gave it.

Mara separated the papers by month.

“This one is October.”