Three Weeks After Lucas Was Gone, Charles Claimed the House on Maple Street
There was a card in the back sleeve of the ledger, worn soft at the corners, with a number on it and the name Samantha Vance.
I dialed at 2:11.
“Mrs.
Gallagher.” She didn’t sound surprised.
“My father stamped my name on a wire sheet and moved forty-one thousand two hundred dollars.”
“Say that again slowly.”
When I finished, I heard a pen click twice.
“Bring me the original,” she said.