The court order listed a breach damages claim of forty-two thousand dollars, enough to force the county bank to freeze every operating account under his company’s name.

He locked the drafting room, took his heavy winter coat off the wall hook, and drove four miles west to the Strasburg site barn.

A white county cruiser was already parked in the gravel turnaround near the heating barn.

Deputy Miller stood by the side entrance holding a yellow clipboard while Martha loaded a canvas duffel bag into the trunk of her blue sedan.

“This is private commercial property, Mr.