A forensic graphologist examined the townhouse transfer documents and concluded, beyond any doubt, that Gaby’s signatures had been forged by Mason.

An internal audit at Mason’s notary firm then uncovered a long history of illegal record alterations, and he was suspended, and then terminated, and then made the subject of a formal criminal investigation.

Desperate to stay out of prison, Mason came to Sam’s office, disheveled, dark-eyed, wringing his hands.

“I want to fully cooperate,” he begged.

“It was all Brenda’s idea, from the beginning!

I was just following orders, preparing documents!