He said everything was fine.”

“Nothing was fine.”

“I know that now.”

For several minutes we discussed what she could remember.

She had not signed anything related to the property.

She had seen Gavin meet a man she thought was a lender, and she remembered Judith saying, “Once the original owner is settled, we can close.”

That phrase stayed with me.

At the door, Bianca said, “I’m not asking you to forgive me.”