idea, Delia.”
I put Nile’s folded note inside the envelope with the deed. Then I sealed it.
I brought it home and set it on the little table in my front hall, where I keep my keys and the mail. I wanted to see it every day. I wanted to remember what it was for.
It sat there all summer.
After Miles hung up, I went to the front hall.
The envelope was right where I’d left it. Cream-colored. Law Offices of Graham T. Whitlock in dark green print across
