We sat at a round table with a fake wood grain top.

“Will I have to pay that eighty-two thousand dollars?” I asked.

Vance laid the printed credit report flat and pressed out the creases.

“A signature obtained by coercion lacks legal consent,” Vance said.

“Under contract law, a quitclaim deed signed under documented duress is void.

The paper is worthless the moment the ink dries, as long as there’s a police record of the threat.”

“He’d never threaten me in front of a witness,” I said.