“First National Bank finished the wire transfer this morning.”

“All twelve thousand dollars is back in my personal savings account?” I asked.

“Every dollar,” Dr.

Bennett said.

“The bank manager finalized the freeze on the single-signature discrepancy and released the joint funds directly to Arthur.”

She reached into her lab coat pocket and slid a heavy rectangular brass plaque across the blotter.

Natalie Miller, Office Manager, was engraved deep into the polished brass.

I picked up the heavy brass plaque and set it right in front of my computer monitor.