It can’t be.

It was never his to claim.”

She put the deed back in the folder.

“That blue envelope stays sealed until you tell me you want it opened.

I’m not breaking a seal on a Thursday because we’re curious.”

The black notebook was the one I had found in the glove box.

Samantha copied the loan number off the discharge onto a legal pad and ran her finger down the columns.

“October 2018.