Chapter 153

On the very top of the first page the word Income was printed in caps on the left side. On the next row, three columns were labeled across the top: Date, Amount, and From. Under each Date column were dates beginning from over a year ago, the Amount list was of large dollar amounts, and the From column simply had one name filling the page, "Parker." The right page was labeled Expenses written in all caps and had four columns identified: Vendors, Work Done, Date, and Amount. Ronnie skimmed the page of fixtures and renovations. The last one of kitchen and master bath granite was about six months ago. The last income was dated three days before Aunt Sally died.

How did Aunt Sally die exactly? The medical examiner who performed the autopsy had listed the cause of death as heart failure. When Aunt Sally called or visited, she always looked healthy and happy. And she was the baby of the family, younger than her father and her uncle Richard who had died when he was only fifty-three years old