Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

his dry palm as he stared at the paper.

“Where did you get this, Mabel?” he asked.

“Frank found it in the church cellar,” I said, leaning against the sturdy frame of his lathe. “You ran the audit twelve years ago. You knew Gale stole that money from the building fund.”

Arthur set the gouge down on a clean rag, his eyes remaining on the faded list of figures.continue reading …