My Daughter Begged Me Not to Get Off the Bus—Minutes Later, My Boyfriend Sent a Photo of My Deed Beside a Contract I Had Never Signed

Any proposed transaction needed to be treated accordingly.

The county records were checked.

There was no completed transfer of my house.

I read that confirmation in my kitchen while Lily drew at the other end of the table.

“Is it still ours?” she asked.

“Yes.”

She nodded and colored a roof.

I did not know whether she had drawn our house or an imaginary one.