“I’m glad we’re handling this like reasonable adults, Natalie,” Seth said.

He took a folded piece of lined paper from his shirt pocket and slid it across the table toward me.

“I signed off on your half of the apartment deposit this morning,” Seth said.

“You can tell your landlady to drop her legal notice now.”

Arthur pulled out a leather armchair, sat down across from Seth, and unzipped his briefcase.

“The landlady dropped that lease dispute two hours ago,” Arthur said.