She went quiet.

Then she said, “Because you’re the only person I trust with that kind of savings.”

I did not answer that, because it was the kind of sentence that is built to be a compliment and functions as a lever, and I had felt it move under me.

“I need to see the paperwork,” I said.

“It’s not complicated.”

“That isn’t what I asked.

Send me the original document, not a screenshot.”