Because it revealed she knew which questions I was asking before I had asked them aloud.

My phone vibrated upstairs.

Caroline.

Six words:

Do not let Lorraine sign anything.

The next morning, I learned why.

The financial records did not only touch Caleb.

They touched my mother too.

PART 4 — NINE DAYS, ONE SALE, AND A LOCKED DOOR

The original lake-lot file had been moved.