Daniel stood.

“Please sit.”

For the first time since the moving truck arrived, everyone who had been arguing about the house was looking at the same official document.

I placed my hands on the table.

And waited.

PART 6 — TWENTY-FOUR UNANSWERED ATTEMPTS

Daniel began with the deed.

He didn’t ask anyone to describe what Arthur would have wanted.

He didn’t invite us to debate childhood memories.

He established the property record first.