“Why do you need those records so urgently?” I asked.

Attorney Lin looked at me for several seconds without blinking.

“Because a commercial abstractor was at the county courthouse yesterday reviewing your parcel for an unnamed land developer,” he said.

He raised his chin slightly and gestured toward a small black camera lens mounted high in the corner of the room.

“My security cameras record every meeting and every document placed on this table, Margaret, so anything you bring to this office is permanently documented on tape.”

“I will go through my house tonight and bring you the original deeds tomorrow morning,” I said.