My attorney set a thick leather binder on the dining table and opened it without hurry.

“Here are the original receipts, the bank transfer records, and the matching serial numbers for every item being removed,” he said.

“If you’d like to call the police, please do.” Jonathan stumbled out, hungover, and read enough of the documents to go pale.

“Where did you get the money to buy all this?” he asked, staring at me.

Florence supplied her own answer, the only one her imagination could produce: “Some rich old lover must have bought it all for her.” I let the insult pass unanswered and walked to the door, and paused there, because I could not resist one small kindness disguised as a question.

“Aren’t you presenting your NexoCloud proposal to Ironwood Capital this morning?” I asked.