He offered to drop the bank freeze if you sign over the back two acres along the creek.”

“No,” I said.

“Evelyn, your personal checking account has twelve thousand dollars locked up until the judge sits,” Daniel said, adjusting his round spectacles on the bridge of his nose.

“If we push this to a full evidentiary hearing on Monday, my court filing fees will run another six hundred dollars.”

“My Navy pension deposit cleared into a separate military credit union account at midnight,” I said.

“Take whatever you need to cover the clerk’s fees.”