The acquisition had followed months of negotiations conducted by our property manager.

I hadn’t personally selected the sellers.

I’d approved the redevelopment plan because the site could accommodate the accessible rehabilitation center our company had wanted to establish for years.

But when I saw those names, I asked counsel to verify them.

The second report made my stomach turn.

The deed belonged to the same Victor who had been my friend since middle school and the same Brenda who had left our infants in my mother’s care.