Arthur pen drawing of hidden animals decided who kept the lake cabin

on the wood counter.

“We will pay it,” Clara said, adjusting her glasses with a sharp flick of her finger. “Please begin the search.”

The clerk slid the bills into a metal drawer and handed me a printed paper slip. “It will take at least two hours to retrieve those files from the vault.”

We drove back to the cabin to wait, neither of us speaking as the continue reading …