Outside, Officer Bennett waited with a notebook.

He asked what I had heard and when.

I gave the call time, the address, the sequence of voices, and the words I could recall.

I separated those from what Clara had just told me.

“Her father says she arrived upset about money,” Bennett said.

“He alleges she was responsible for a disputed bank document.”

“The disputed letter concerns our account.

She reported that she did not sign it.”