Brandon leaned in and set both palms flat on the wood.

“We don’t need a formal corporate review, Margaret.

Dad knows what we agreed on back in 2010.”

“There’s no record of any 2010 transfer,” Margaret said.

She lifted a white folder off the top of her pile.

“There is, though, an original title deed registered to the holding company and signed by Robert and Evelyn Mitchell.”

Melissa fiddled with her gold bracelets, the metal clicking on the edge of the table.

“Brandon has managed that house for fourteen years.