I didn’t tell her what the idea meant to me.

I just asked what she planned to call it.

“Honestville,” she said solemnly.

We both laughed, and the sound caught me by surprise.

It was the first time our kitchen had felt like a place to live instead of a place to wait.

PART 12

Two weeks later, Elaine found a pattern.

Several transfers from our jointly held investment account had been sent to RZ Consulting LLC without documentation sufficient to show their business purpose.