And Arthur said: “Your father has no authority over this account and has never had any.

Not as her son and not as executor of her estate.

His appointment by the probate court does not touch it.”

I asked him what the balance was.

He turned the monitor another ten degrees.

Sixty-one thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventeen cents.

Part Eighteen: What Eight Years Means

The ninth of August 2016.