The knock on the door wasn’t polite. It was firm, official, meant to make whoever answered understand that the people on the porch were not there to sell a roof or ask for donations.
I dried my hands, walked to the door, and opened it to find two uniformed officers and a woman in a navy overcoat holding a leather folder.
“Mrs. Helen Chen?” the woman asked.
“Yes.”
“I’m Detective Lisa Rodriguez with the Denver Police Department. These are Officers Bennett and Shaw.” Her face was calm, professional, but not unkind. “We need to speak with your son, David Chen.”
A little chill went through me. “Why?”
The detective looked down at the folder, then back at me. “Ma’am, we have probable cause to arrest David Chen in connection with the theft of one hundred thousand dollars from an elderly victim.”
