She held the folder out to him.

Brandon took it in his right hand but didn’t untie the string.

“A legal notice?” Brandon asked.

He looked at Sandra, then back at me.

“You brought a corporate lawyer and a real estate appraiser to my house?”

“The house belongs to Mitchell Family Holdings,” Margaret said in her crisp voice.

“This document gives thirty days’ notice of a structural inspection and occupancy review.”

“I’ve lived here for fourteen years,” Brandon said.