Page one laid out the basic legal definitions of the parcel lines and named Harry Caldwell as the buyer of the small northern easement.

Page two was packed with mutual release clauses saying that every noise complaint, property trespass claim, and HOA dispute would be wiped out for good once it was signed.

I picked up my yellow legal pad and jotted down the section numbers before I flipped to page three.

Two empty lines sat under a thin block of six-point print squeezed in above the signature box.

My old chief at Little Creek used to bend over my desk during deployment reviews and hand me the same plain warning every time.