Chapter 72"The state worker isn't coming here to look at the furniture, Dad. They’re coming to see if Ruth has a bed, clean clothes, and food in the fridge."Brian leaned his broad back against the kitchen counter, his arms crossed over his chest, his eyes fixed on the neat stack of legal papers resting beside his open laptop. The kitchen smelled of stale coffee, burnt toast, and the cold draft leaking through the frame of the back door.Arthur sat at the small wooden table, his thick, grease-stained fingers wrapped around a heavy ceramic mug. His dark suit jacket from the courtroom was slung over the back of a chair, his sleeves rolled up to his forearms, revealing the dark hair and old scars on his skin."They're going to look at the bank statements, Brian," Arthur said, his voice a low, gravelly rasp. "They're going to see a mechanic's wage and compare it to a multi-million-dollar estate on the north side of town.""And Vance is going to show them that your wage pays the rent, kee
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