Chapter 16
I took the paintings down from the wall. They weren’t suspended from hooks, as I’d thought, but were attached with plastic clothes hangers. Once I had them both down, I started rolling them up, carefully, very, very carefully. But it was difficult, because something was making the paintings bulky …
On the backs of each of the paintings was a form, with several typed sheets attached. I probably shouldn’t have, but I delicately lifted the tape holding the papers in place.
The form began: “In the matter of the estate of.” And then someone had typed “Charles Baker.” I skimmed down to the title of the form itself: “Inventory.” Hmm.
While I was waiting for Tom, I scanned the rest of the first page, which contained a summary of “Schedule A (Real Estate),” “Schedule B (Stocks and Bo
