“There is another critical detail in these transaction files that neither of you has looked at yet.”

Russell turned toward his grandfather with a startled look.

“What other detail could there be?”

Walter reached into the folder on the table, pulled out a single closing document from beneath the title deeds, and handed it directly to me.

At the very top of the page was the legal registration for Northstar Premier Assets, showing an incorporation address in Wilmington, Delaware.

At the bottom of the page, under the line marked Authorized Corporate Signatory, was a name that made the blood drain completely from my face.