“The alert went out at three thirty-one,” she said.

“I have an electronic watch on the county land records.

If your father tries to record a sale deed, the clerk’s office will flag it and notify my phone.”

“How does that help us?”

“It means he can’t sell the house without my knowing within the hour.

And it means the trust freeze is already in motion.

Charles is frozen out of the corporate accounts as of three thirty-two this afternoon.”

He didn’t know it yet.