“He brought her to the firm’s summer dinner in June.”

Margaret tapped her silver-tipped cane twice on the hardwood floor.

“She seems to be consulting on his personal jewelry purchases too.”

“He took my name off our main joint checking account three days before Christmas,” I said.

“He told me it was a routine year-end tax adjustment.”

“Cole was in this house on October fourteenth,” Margaret said, her voice dry and precise.

“He brought a leather binder with proposed amendments to the Bennett family trust.