PART 7 — Title, Payments, and a Plea

The week after the canceled ceremony did not bring an instant return home.

It brought more records, more negotiations, and a clearer position from Northbridge.

Its advisers had seen the expired authorization, the altered version, the signing inconsistencies, and the claim based on a signature I denied making.

There was no simple route from that file to secure ownership.

The civil resolution took weeks.

The criminal review moved on its own schedule and continued longer.