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

to discuss things, Evelyn.”

I folded the copy of the petition and slipped it into my canvas bag, next to my grocery list and my checkbook.

“Thank you, Brenda,” I said.

“You tell your husband I still have those strawberry preserves for him,” I said.

The walk back to my car was short, but the wind coming off the creek was sharp enough to continue reading …