“They signed a full waiver of all future claims.”

Mr.

Henderson opened a blue leather binder on his desk and turned it around to face my side of the table.

“The twenty-million-dollar hold was lifted at 3:14,” he said.

He pointed at a line of computer printout near the bottom of the second page.

“The hold has been released, Vivian.

The money is all yours, with no encumbrance whatsoever.”

“Fifty million dollars,” I said, reading the settled cash total off the printed slip.