“We need a certified handwriting sample from you right now,” she said.

She slid a clean sheet of white lined paper across the green desk blotter and handed me a black ballpoint.

“Write out your full legal name five times at your normal speed and five times slowly,” Morales said.

I set the tip of the pen on the top blue line and wrote Leah Marie Miller across the page.

Morales took a small lighted magnifier out of her desk drawer and bent down over the paper.

“The loop on your capital L begins at the baseline,” Morales said.