“How do you know?”

“I saw a reference on a paper he left here.

I didn’t copy the number.

That’s why I want the bank to tell us, rather than you deciding my note is enough.”

I looked at her.

She did not need me to make her suspicions stronger.

She needed someone to stop treating them as an inconvenience.

On top of the household receipts was a facility estimate: $6,400 a month for a private room.