And for the first time, the disputed corporate resolution had a witness.

PART 7 — WHAT MY MOTHER FOUND

My mother, Margaret Ramsey, had been meticulous.

She saved receipts from twenty years earlier.

Birthday cards.

Warranty papers for appliances she no longer owned.

Tax returns organized by year.

When she died, most of her papers went into storage because I could not emotionally deal with them.

Six years later, Elena and I opened those boxes.

There were twelve.