Arthur opened Exhibit A.
Ownership register.
Verified.
Julian looked at me.
“You never told me.”
“No.”
“How long?”
“Long enough.”
Then came the $41,200 transfer.
The authorization with the signature that was not mine.
“The payment came from the lake-lot sale,” Arthur said.
“The authorization was not created by Ms.
Sterling.”
Julian lifted his hand.
“Reimbursement.”
Arthur asked the same question I had asked days earlier.
“For what?”
Julian’s hand dropped.