It isn’t tied to anything.

It clears the mortgage and then some.”

“Then take it to Peters.”

“One page,” he said.

“One signed statement from you that the loan paperwork was a clerical mix-up and you were never out a dollar.

Sign that, and the eleven four is yours, and my firm never hears a word about any of this.”

“You want me to write a lie so you can keep your desk.”

“I want to keep paying for Maya’s health insurance.”