After My Father’s

run Whitaker.”

Silence.

Blake read the letter.

Then he looked at me.

“The bank will lift the freeze temporarily pending receipt of certified trustee documents and court confirmation.”

Nora nodded. “You’ll have them by end of day.”

Miles’s face went blank.

Not angry.

Blank.

That frightened me more.

Because for the first time, he understood that the institutions continue reading …