Part 3 — Forty Seventh Entry Tanner read the name over the shoulder of Ms. Albright, and then he said it out loud, very softly, like a boy saying a …

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Part 3 — Face On The Card The inspector turned the copied ID over, and the whole room at Lake Cumberland Title seemed to tilt. The face on it belonged …

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Part 3 — The Pharmacy Printout The woman from the court turned the pharmacy printout so everybody in the picnic shelter could read the bottom line. Under PICKED UP BY, …

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Part 3 — The Thirty Two Signatures Bonnie knew it first. She had signed forty years of Christmas cards beside that handwriting. The loop on the capital R, the K …

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Part 3 — The Dry Well The zoning administrator held the yellowed county paper up so everybody under the white tent could read the signature line. It said Lyle Reinholt. …

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Part 3 — Thirteen Days Early The deputy clerk read the name beside the stamp out loud, slowly, so the whole kitchen could hear it. “Gerald Teasdale, Notary Public, Pettis …

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Part 3 — Truck Belongs To Lorene The notary stamp read Shelby Ann Whitt, Notary Public, State of Texas. My own daughter. Shelby let go of the truck and sat …

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Part 3 — My Accountant Neil The name on the red tab was Neil Garber. My accountant. The man who had prepared my taxes for twenty years, who came to …

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Part 3 — Lonnie From The Army The name on the red tab was Lonnie Pike. My Army buddy from basic training, 1979. The man who had been my best …

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Part 3 — Deacon Strand At Supper The name on the red tab was Elmer Strand. The deacon at our church for twenty years. The man who led the blessing …

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