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

The signature looked painfully close to mine.

Not identical in a way I could independently prove.

Close enough that I understood why it had been intended to pass a hurried inspection.

“I didn’t sign this,” I said.

That statement mattered more than my attempt to analyze the shape of every letter.

Security footage showed an unfamiliar woman entering the office and leaving after the staff refused the request.

I did not recognize her.