I pulled it out, expecting a parking stub from the hospital garage or a fuel receipt from the gas station on Main Street.

It was a formal invoice from Premier Suburban Maid Services, printed on heavy cream paper and dated exactly fourteen days ago.

I unfolded the sheet under the glare of the waiting room lights.

The total printed at the bottom was four hundred dollars, stamped in red ink as paid in full by credit card.

Printed clearly under the customer billing name was Sylvia Donnelly, along with her home address on Elm Street in Park Ridge.

I read down the itemized list of charges.