Three Decades of Pretending Come to an End in a Military Holding Cell
The bank had given my brother eighty-five thousand dollars on the strength of a dead piece of paper.
“There’s something else here,” Arthur said.
He swung his flat monitor around so I could see it.
He’d pulled my full credit report.
“The bank loan is the first entry,” Arthur said.
“But there’s a second hard inquiry on your file from only five days ago.”
“From whom?”
“A local title company,” Arthur said.
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