“Thank you, Margaret.

For everything you’ve done since October.”

“It was a long, hard road, Robert,” Margaret said gently.

“A lot of men in your shoes would have handed over the deed just to keep the peace.”

“I didn’t want peace built on a lie,” I told her.

“I just stopped signing my name to things that weren’t true.”

“Title Clerk Arthur called me from county records right before I dialed you,” Margaret added.

“He officially voided the fraudulent title update Brandon filed six months ago.