Claire replaced the intake card with a yellow billing notice.

I had found it tucked away in his truck’s glove box the morning before.

The bold black figures showed three unpaid clinic charges.

“The respondent also intercepted three urgent notices from the surgical clinic,” Claire said.

“He hid them in his vehicle to keep my client from learning how serious the child’s condition was.”

She laid a third page on the glass.

It was a medical authorization form from the second week of October.