“Your father-in-law has a bookkeeper named Renata who handles his filings.

She’d know how to do it.”

I didn’t respond to that.

I laid my hand flat on the statement and read the dates over again, one by one, the way I used to read a charge sheet.

“One more thing.” Nicole sat back and let her pen fall.

“The branch manager said a young guy from Sterling’s office came in Tuesday afternoon with a list and asked for these exact pages.

She gave him copies.”