“This came from my mother’s attorney.

It’s a separation agreement.

Standard terms.

Sign it today, you get twenty thousand dollars, and we skip the November hearing.”

I looked down at the page.

Ten numbered paragraphs in eleven-point type.

My eyes landed on paragraph four: Elena Whitcomb agrees to move out of the marital residence and give up all claims to the premarital land account.

“Your mother notarized a deed in June on land that was supposed to be held in trust for Toby,” I said.