Refusing a cinnamon roll would not restore title to my house.

That afternoon, Sophia returned with the first responses.

The full closing package had been preserved and was being obtained through the proper channels.

The buyer’s title insurer had opened a fraud review.

That was a review, not a finding.

I asked whether I had misunderstood something.

“Your father sounds so sure,” I said.

Sophia laid my original authorization beside the deed copy.