Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

kept on file from when our father was alive,” he added.

“That card should have been canceled ten years ago,” I said.

Arthur nodded once, slowly. “It should have been, but it was not.”

“Is there any of it left in the account?” I asked.

“The balance is twelve dollars and forty cents,” Arthur said.

He stared down at the table, his fingers continue reading …