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I used my professional knowledge to navigate the labyrinth.
Six months ago, the new clean deed—with my name, Hannah M. Gable, as sole owner—was recorded by the county.
I hadn’t told them when it was finalized.
I just quietly kept restoring the old Victorian room by room.
My sanctuary.
Twenty minutes later, a shiny, unfamiliar luxury sedan crunched up the gravel driveway.
My mother, Margaret, got out of the passenger side, dressed in her Sunday best.
Andrew bounded out of the driver’s side, grinning ear to ear, wearing a suit that was clearly too expensive for him.
And from the back seat emerged a man I didn’t know, carrying a cheap-looking briefcase.
He looked less like a lawyer and more like a used-car salesman.
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