Vance said, tapping a blue tab on page three.

I lifted the pen.

It weighed more than my old ballpoints, solid metal with a gold nib.

“Will my own name show up on the public county registry, Arthur?” I asked.

“Only as the trustee of record,” he said.

“The public conveyance deed names the trust itself as the legal buyer.

If your son checks his real estate network today, all he’ll see is that an independent cash entity closed on the property.”

I signed my full legal name, Margaret Jane Briggs, on the solid blue line above the notary seal.