It gives you a fresh start right away.

You can put a security deposit on a nice apartment downtown near your store.”

“And what do you want for it?” I asked.

“A simple signature,” Mark said.

“A standard quitclaim deed taking your name off the house title.

It saves us months of expensive legal fighting.”

“This house needed a sixty-five-thousand-dollar down payment,” I said.

Mark made a short, dismissive sound in his throat and waved his hand.