“I own the property at forty-two sixteen Maple Street.”

Thomas reached into a metal file drawer beside his chair and took out a thick blue folder.

“Your husband brought this listing to my office three weeks ago, on September twenty-eighth.”

He laid the blue folder flat on the glass desk between us.

“He told me you were stationed overseas indefinitely,” Thomas said.

“He brought in a fully executed exclusive listing agreement, a residential disclosure form, and a quitclaim deed.”

“My daughter and I live in that house,” I said.