I hired separate counsel, Daniel Cho, because our interests might overlap without being identical.

It felt awkward to explain that to Elaine.

She nodded before I finished.

“We both want the truth,” she said.

“Different lawyers don’t mean we’re enemies.”

Daniel reviewed what we had and told me not to mistake a suspicious signature for proof of who forged it.

“We’ll need certified copies and chain-of-custody records where possible,” he said.

“We’ll ask for the surviving delivery records and compare dates.