Mrs. Leeds stared at him. “What of the document I found in the drawer of the desk?” she demanded.
“You mean the one you discovered in the locked drawer,” Caleb corrected with a chuckle. “The one that was made out in Rosanna’s favor. That was just another of my little jokes. If you had examined the will closely you would have noticed that the signature was never witnessed. It was a fake.”
“That was the document which I saw you burn in the fireplace,” Penny accused.
Mrs. Leeds flushed angrily. She realized that she had trapped herself.
“By the way, how do you explain the will made out in your favor?” Penny probed maliciously.
Mrs. Leeds turned her gaze upon Laponi for an instant. Then she said glibly:
“I found the will just as I said.”
“You didn’t find one made out in your favor,” Caleb contradicted. “Because I never wrote such a document.”
“Let’s take a look at it,” Penny suggested. “Where is the will, Mrs. Leeds?”
“I don’t know what became of it. I misplaced it.”