“On the forged document it begins half an inch above the line.”

“Does your mother have access to your original birth certificate or social security card?” Morales asked.

“She keeps the family’s document binder in the hall closet,” I said.

“The bank records show forty-five thousand dollars moved out of your account on August fourteenth,” Morales said.

“On August fourteenth I was on duty in Iraq,” I said.

Morales glanced at her wristwatch and got up from her leather desk chair.

“Our civilian real estate lawyer just got here,” she said.