“The furniture company is taking back the whole living room set,” Deputy Vance said, checking a yellow sheet on his clipboard.

“The finance check your husband wrote on Tuesday bounced this morning for insufficient funds.”

Vance came out of the garage, rubbing the back of his neck with one hand as he watched the men load the coffee table.

“We were supposed to get a grace period,” Vance said, his voice dropping an octave as he looked at the deputy.

“The store manager gave us till Friday.”

“The store manager didn’t know about the civil eviction order filed at two o’clock,” the deputy answered.