“It means he was in a hurry to lock in executor authority over the bank accounts and records before anybody could question the filing.”

“This morning he offered me ten thousand dollars to clean out Frank’s house without opening the hall closet,” I said.

Arlene jotted a note on her legal pad and drew two lines under it.

“He’s trying to get a waiver out of you before the court sets a formal hearing date.”

“Which hearing date?” I asked.

“November twenty-fourth,” she said.

“That’s eleven days from now.