The Photograph of a Newborn in a Yellow Knitted Hat

Sarah leaned over the bakery bag.

“What house money, Megan?”

“The fifty thousand dollars from Paul’s mortgage insurance,” I said.

“The cashier’s check is in my dresser.

We put it in an escrow account at Arthur Vance’s office and force Rebecca to the table.”

“She won’t give Lily up for a check,” Sarah said.

“Greed makes people careless,” I said.

“Rebecca took Paul’s money eleven years ago, and she’ll take mine now.”