“Sign right above the yellow sticky tab.”

I smoothed my skirt down over my knee before leaning forward over the desk.

“Is the forged line of credit completely cleared from the title?” I asked.

“Melissa Grant submitted the bank fraud findings to the county recorder on Monday,” Samuel said.

“The bank canceled the three-hundred-fifty-thousand-dollar encumbrance and removed your name from all liability.”

I picked up the pen and signed my name on the solid blue line at the bottom of the first deed.

The ink dried quickly on the heavy cream bond paper.