“Don’t go there.

Call the police.

Let them handle it, and let the cameras do the rest.” I dialed, and while the patrol cars were dispatched I watched the live feed — watched her go into my study and stay eleven minutes and come out carrying a locked metal file box I recognized at once, because it held copies of my estate trust, my deeds, my share certificates, the spine of everything I owned.

The police reached the driveway before she reached her car.