“Let’s ask the staff what they need,” I suggested.

She glanced at me with a flicker of approval.

“That’s a better idea.”

For a moment, we sounded like partners again.

PART 14

A week after the breakfast, our attorneys received a response from Warren Bell.

He denied preparing any false signature and claimed he had only drafted documents at Evelyn’s request.

He also asserted that the property management proposal had been preliminary and that no transfer or management authority had become effective.