That deed was registered under your name.

Only your name.

I made sure of it.”

Chapter 3 — I Signed Without Reading

Gaby began to cry, silently, the tears falling fast onto her worn sleeve, and the story came out of her in pieces.

“Right after Leo was born,” she said, “Derek’s younger brother, Mason, brought me a stack of papers.

He works at a notary firm.

He said they were just routine documents — registering the birth certificate, updating some household files.