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

the cardboard band in the judge’s hand. His face had gone a pale, dusty grey under the fluorescent lights of the courtroom.

The silence in the room was heavy, broken only by the quiet rustle of the judge’s papers as he reviewed the catalog I had compiled.

Judge Vance looked down at Raymond and his lawyer, his expression neutral but firm.

“The court finds continue reading …