The letter came on the twenty-second.

It was in a white envelope wedged under the door of my apartment, hand-delivered, which is a detail I want in because it means somebody drove it to my building and put it there rather than paying for a stamp.

Letterhead.

Dean Hollifield, Attorney at Law.

Two paragraphs.

It stated that his client was the duly appointed executor of the Estate of Margaret R.

Henderson; that the property at Oak Street was an asset of the estate; that I had no legal right to occupy or access it; and that I was required to vacate and surrender all keys within forty-eight hours.