“Listing the house creates a public paper trail that no forged document can override.”

“I went through the corporate ledger from last month,” Margaret said.

“Brandon let the yearly property tax bill of forty-two hundred dollars slide until the county sent a late warning.

I paid the tax desk directly out of corporate reserves.”

“He was trying to trigger a tax lien,” I said.

“It looks like he wanted to buy himself time,” Margaret said.

“He still thinks he has time to stop the sale of the estate.”