“The county recorder has a forty-eight-hour turnaround,” David said.

“He lied to you on day one.

What about the monthly cash?”

“Twelve hundred dollars on the first of every month for seven straight months.

That makes eight thousand four hundred dollars in all.”

“Did he write you a single receipt?”

“Not one.

He told me cash was cleaner during tax season, and that he was paying my secondary health insurance out of it.”