There were childhood photographs, a letter from my grandparents about selling a lakefront parcel, two copies of an old medical settlement agreement from Lucas’s factory injury, and a bundle of unsigned papers that seemed to waive an adult family member’s claim to a trust payout.

Lucas’s name was typed on those pages.

He said he had never laid eyes on them.

“So did Patrick steal from him?” I asked.

“Not yet,” Daniel said.

“It means we need to find the original trust documents and any records of payouts.”

I left the originals in his secure storage after getting an itemized receipt.

I kept digital scans separately and told no one outside our little circle where they were.