“That’s perfectly straight,” Paige said.

I lowered my hands and checked my watch.

The second hand swept steadily past six-thirty.

“Your landlady dropped the whole lease dispute on Friday after she watched your video,” Paige said.

“She saw that Seth signed his own lease removal form and left his key on the counter.”

“My security deposit is coming back next week,” I said.

“Every dollar of it,” Paige said.

She reached into her purse and set a brass key on the kitchen counter by the doorway.