“Including Rosalind’s direct instructions?” I asked.

“Including the meeting in her car outside the clinic,” Dr.

Vance said.

“She handed me the administrative ledger changes herself before your second procedure.”

He lifted Nora’s silver fountain pen off the blotter.

We watched his hand travel across the bottom of four separate pages, signing his full legal name in dark blue ink.

Nora stamped each page with a red notary seal and capped her pen with a sharp click.

“This affidavit is now legally binding in the state of New York.