Chapter 48: No Retained Interest

Court security found four square iron nails in Callum's coat at eight eleven on the morning of the fifteenth. The deputy held one up under the fluorescent light. "Construction?" "Occupational anxiety." The nails went into a plastic evidence bag marked NAILS, FOUR, and Callum received a numbered claim ticket. Jo watched from beyond the metal detector. "Try not to accept anything while I'm saving your building." "It isn't my building." "Excellent. You're learning." She had a laptop and a binder held together with green clinic tape. Callum took the two document boxes. His sworn declaration was inside, with his original reports and the notes on every object he had removed from Vivian's properties. The emergency hearing began at nine. Ashby Merritt filled one side of the counsel table with four attorneys and a rolling file case. Jo stood on the other in running shoes and asked the court to stop…