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

tiny hand-stamped arrow in violet ink.

The arrow had a double barb on the left side, identical to the mark on the top hundred-dollar bill in the leather pouch.

I slid my wedding band up and down my knuckle, staring at the violet ink until my eyes burned in the morning light.

The kitchen phone rang at twenty past nine, but I did not answer it, letting continue reading …