Three Weeks After Lucas Was Gone, Charles Claimed the House on Maple Street

I assign all voting shares of Baldwin-Gallagher Logistics to the temporary administrator.”

“That’s housekeeping,” he said.

“That’s stock. That’s Lucas’s stock.”

Courtney laughed at the ceiling and didn’t look at the page.

“Sign it, and the company stops bleeding,” my father said.

“Sign it, and I can keep the bank off that house.

The appraisal came in at two forty.

With a claim against the estate, no lender in this county will carry you.”