Making sure everything stays organized and safe.”

He shifted his posture, his eyes fixed directly on mine.

“You still have that old paper checkbook register from the sale of the house, right?

The blue vinyl one with your handwriting in it?”

“I have a lot of old things tucked away, Mark,” I said.

“Right, well, those old paper logs get lost so easily when we’re moving boxes around,” he said, his voice dropping into that light, persuasive corporate rhythm.

“I have plenty of room in the fireproof lockbox in my office desk.