“We also have the transcript from Friday morning’s emergency hearing in chambers,” Patricia said.

“Where you argued in front of Judge Miller that Brad kept an economic interest in the ridge by paying ongoing farm expenses.”

She pushed the printed copy of a check across the glass to Vance.

“That’s the nine-hundred-thirty-dollar reimbursement check Brad wrote Amy in September,” Patricia said.

“The memo line, in Brad’s own handwriting, plainly says ‘Paid in full for 2024 ridge stand use.’ That memo line legally shut the door on any claim of a shared property expense.”

Vance looked down at the memo line on the check, then at the forged lease.