Forty Thousand Dollars in Marked Bills Found in a Safe Deposit Box

hovering just above the paper.

“They are more than receipts,” Aris said, his hand resting on the corner of the ledger. “These are guarantees of passage, Evelyn.”

“Passage from where?” I asked.

Aris turned another page, revealing a series of small, purple ink stamps that matched the marks on the hundred-dollar bills in my filing cabinet.

“Arthur went to continue reading …