Three Weeks After Lucas Was Gone, Charles Claimed the House on Maple Street
Samantha didn’t pick any of them up right away.
She clicked her silver ballpoint pen twice and looked at the papers the way a mechanic looks at an engine that has just quit.
“Which one is the lie?” she asked.
“The signature on the wire.
That’s supposed to be mine.”
She slid the sheet closer.
“Charles used your old corporate stamp.
It isn’t even a good forgery.”