The printer ink was a little smeared from the sweat on my hands.

No other names were on the document.

Only a parcel number, an address on Elm Street and a recording date.

I looked at the very bottom of the page, just below the spot where the county clerk had stamped the official seal.

Printed in tiny type, tucked into the corner of the form, was a ten-digit landline number listed for the property itself.

The area code was 903.