“She stripped away her own standing when she defaulted on Walter’s property taxes,” I said.

Vance unfolded a certified delivery slip and stamped it with his notary seal.

“Walter gave me strict orders four years ago to execute these documents the moment you came back from deployment.”

“He knew Victoria would try to liquidate the firm,” I said.

“He knew exactly who she was,” Vance said.

“I’ll be at the front doors of the estate at seven sharp.”

He capped his pen and laid it across the legal pad.