“And Daniel’s lender?”

“If the lender files a foreclosure notice first, we chase it in court for a year.

If the registry processes our freeze first, their paper goes to the bottom of the stack.”

He looked at me over his glasses.

“At your barbecue last spring, when Daniel asked about your family money, he wasn’t being friendly.

He was taking inventory.”

I stopped rubbing my thumb.

“Inventory of what?”