He picked up on the third ring.

“Marcus,” I said.

“My mother just walked out of my house with a backdated settlement agreement.”

“Did you sign anything at all?” he asked.

“No,” I said.

“And she offered to pay off twelve thousand dollars on my car loan if I dropped the police report.”

“Keep a detailed log of every contact,” Marcus said.

“I’m adding attempted witness tampering to our filings for the county hearing.”