Thirty-Nine Million Dollars and a Brown Folder on the Kitchen Table
“The demolition starts in two weeks.”
Arthur traced his blunt finger along the printed lines.
He found my name at the top.
He moved his finger down past the legal descriptions, past the escrow fees, to the final wire transfer amount at the very bottom.
The kitchen went completely quiet.
The only sound was the refrigerator humming in the corner.
“Thirty-nine million dollars,” Arthur said in a slow whisper.
He said the number with a pause between each word, as if it belonged to a foreign language.
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