The finding that mattered most to me was a date.

The Friday of the funeral.

A creditor filing was entered at four fifteen that afternoon.

Documents in the bankruptcy matter reported a five-thousand-dollar legal retainer connected with that same day, with the meeting and payment recorded in the afternoon.

Where information came from filed disclosures, Gary showed me the filing.

Where a source required further verification, he marked that.

He did not treat a public case number as permission to read every privileged conversation Arthur had with counsel.

“What does it prove?” I asked.