Three Weeks After Lucas Was Gone, Charles Claimed the House on Maple Street

The hospital installment cleared on October eighth.”

“Then where did it go?”

He pointed at a line halfway down the page.

“On October fourteenth, a wire went out for $41,200.”

I found the line with my finger.

The transfer date was six days after Lucas’s funeral.

“Who authorized it?”

“The authorization form is in the file.