We still had to execute deeds, transfer titles, resolve creditor exposure, and monitor the deadlines.

Sarah had explained every risk.

The important change was that Mark could no longer act as though taking an expensive object meant taking only its shiny surface.

Outside the courtroom, he confronted me beside the elevator.

“You set me up.”

“I showed you the bills,” I said.

“You chose the list of things you wanted.

You refused to talk about anything attached to them.”