Court Papers in the Locked Drawer of a Community Doctor
“He is at the clinic until five today,” Karen said, checking her watch. “If there is a contract or an appraisal, it will be in that drawer.”
“What if he comes home early?” I asked.
“Then you are a wife looking for tax documents in her own home,” Karen said. “But you must be quick, and you must not touch anything else.”
“What about the cash withdrawals?” I asked. “The three hundred and fifty dollars every Friday?”
“That matches Marcus’s timeline perfectly,” Karen said. “The two thousand eight hundred dollars over eight weeks. It shows a pattern of ongoing payment for services. If we can show that David was paying a teenager to monitor your daily movements, it severely damages his credibility as an objective medical observer.”
“But a judge might still believe a doctor over an eighteen-year-old high school dropout,” I said.
“Not when the doctor is paying him in cash,” Karen said, her eyes flashing with a cold professional fire. “The affidavit Marcus signed yesterday is our anchor. But we still need the financial motive. We need to prove David had a direct, personal gain that had nothing to do with your health.”
