“The four-thousand-dollar venue refund check from St.

Mark Church came Friday afternoon,” I said.

“The treasurer made it out directly to you,” Dr.

Bennett said.

“Seth tried to argue about the vendor account releases, but the church committee saw the deposit receipts and issued one check.”

Paige stepped into the office carrying a stack of morning patient charts.

She set the charts on the corner of my desk and looked down at the brass nameplate.

“It looks official now,” Paige said.