“It says August 12.”

Dean took two steps into the room.

“That’s just when the law office drafted the template.”

“Daniel didn’t go to the lake until August 14,” I said.

The silence in the dining room got so heavy I could hear the second hand ticking on the wall clock behind the pantry door.

“The secretary made a typo,” Dean said.

His voice had dropped three notes.

“A secretary can’t type a notary stamp,” I said.