Only the letters were.

Only the letters, and myself.

Chapter 16 — Three Attempts

The civil case over the house moved quickly, because I had preserved everything — every wire transfer, every bank confirmation, the notarized loan acknowledgement from five years earlier.

Faced with that unassailable paper trail, the civil court ruled entirely in my favor, awarding me a full financial judgment against Indigo and securing an immediate lien against the property they had called their legacy.

The house was, in every way that a court recognizes, more mine than theirs, and always had been.