The money was meant as a loan, not a gift.

Gordon had never repaid more than a fraction.

“Your husband thinks ownership is something he can announce,” Walter said.

“But the law cares about documents.”

At the time I laughed, because he sounded like a man delivering a punch line.

Now I understood he had been giving me a warning.

PART 4

Three months before Walter died, attorney Elaine Mercer came to the condo with a slim black briefcase and a mobile notary.