PART 2
“The beneficiary must be identified in person,” Tessa repeated.
Her voice trembled.
Luis loosened his grip completely and stepped back from me.
Dana walked around the teller counter, her heels striking the floor in sharp little clicks.
“Tessa,” she said, forcing a smile, “you are new here. You are looking at an outdated legacy screen.”
“But it has today’s date,” Tessa said.
Dana’s smile disappeared.
The whole lobby seemed to lean closer.
That was the moment I understood something I had not understood in twenty-five years.
Dana knew exactly what the trust was.
She had recognized the account number before Tessa finished typing it.
And she was terrified that I had finally found it.
“You called me a liar,” I said.
Dana folded her arms.
“I said this matter is complicated.”
“No,” I replied. “You told your security guard to drag me outside before anyone could look at the screen.”
“Ms. Marrow, you are causing a disturbance.”
“I came in quietly.”
“You raised your voice.”
“Because you were trying to erase me in front of everyone.”
Luis looked from Dana to me.
“Ms. Corbett,” he said carefully, “maybe we should let her sit down while someone checks the records.”
Dana stared at him as though he had betrayed her.
Before she could answer, the front doors opened.
Officer Camille Reyes stepped inside, rain shining on the shoulders of her uniform.
Dana must have called her while Luis was pulling me toward the exit.
Dana walked directly to the officer.
“This woman is attempting to access a nonexistent trust account,” she said. “She is refusing to leave and disrupting customers.”
Officer Reyes looked at me.
Then at the blue booklet in my hands.
Then at Luis.
“Was she threatening anyone?” she asked.
“No,” Luis said quietly.
“Did she damage anything?”
“No.”
“Did she attempt to take money that was not hers?”
Dana opened her mouth.
Tessa spoke before she could.
“The account came up in the system,” she said. “It is a restricted legacy trust.”
Dana turned on her.
“Tessa, stop talking.”
Officer Reyes glanced at the teller.
Then she looked back at Dana.
“Ma’am,” she said, “this sounds like a banking issue. Not a police issue.”
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