Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

she threw everything away when we argued about the expansion.”

“Beatrice never threw anything away,” I said.

Mrs. Gable pulled a heavy ledger toward her, dipping her pen into an inkwell that looked older than the building. “The redemption is approved, subject to the filing fee.”

“We have the cash for the fee,” Arthur said, reaching for his wallet.