Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter

She turned it over, read the back, and laid it down.

“Did you sign it on some other day?” she asked Ray.

“I said what I said, Judge.”

“The court finds that the signature on the quitclaim deed is not Diane Vance’s signature,” she said.

“The deed is void.”

Ray’s lawyer said, “Your Honor, my client built a structure in good faith.”

“He built it on a forged deed,” the judge said.

“The temporary restraining order against Thomas Whitfield is hereby dissolved.”