A criminal prosecutor could not simply erase her name from every deed because I requested it.

When the November 15 cure deadline passed without resolution, the lender pursued the remedies available to it.

The property business entered receivership through the appropriate proceedings.

It was not frozen by a family calendar turning midnight, and it did not become mine.

Clara listened to the explanation, then asked whether she had to sign anything immediately.

“No,” her lawyer said.

“We’ll review the options.”