A dark patch was spreading, and my knees wouldn’t hold still.

“Victoria.

Don’t move from that porch.

He just triggered every clause Lucas wrote.”

“What does that mean?”

“It means the bank freezes every account he can touch, and every share he thinks he owns.

It means his signature stops working at nine forty-five.” I heard her click the silver ballpoint twice.

“I’m sending both notices now, and I’m calling the Syracuse police on the other line.