“Apex Development Corporation filed their state corporate disclosures in Richmond on Tuesday morning,” he said.

He adjusted his round spectacles on the bridge of his nose and turned the top document toward me.

“The purchase option on Cedar Lane is locked in at three hundred forty thousand dollars,” Daniel said.

“He didn’t just claim you abandoned the farm, Evelyn, he signed a sale contract three months ago.”

I looked at the bold print at the top of page two, where tax parcel fourteen B was marked in red pen.

“He listed himself as sole surviving representative with full land authority,” I said.