My father, after a pause. “She’s in Malibu.”

“Is she?” Daniel sounded almost amused. A chair scraped. “Her retreat called the villa this morning. They wanted approval for an extension, but the reservation was no longer under my name.”

My heart hammered. “I also noticed several files missing from my wife’s father’s desk.”

“You took files from this house yesterday.”

“I took documents connected to my investment.”

“Nothing here belongs to you.”