I had signed Lucas’s papers in this county for four years, and I had never once heard that name.

“The bank took this from a woman I don’t know.”

“Mrs.

Gallagher, the bank’s position is that a raised seal is a raised seal.” Franklin set the copy down and finally let me have it.

“Bring me a court order, and I’ll freeze that account within the hour.”

I folded the authorization and put it in the inside pocket of my bag, where I kept the things I meant to read twice.

Edith had the copies waiting on the counter, a manila folder an inch thick with the red county seal on the flap.