“Your grandfather Arthur drew this up without a single ambiguity.”

“And the second mortgage Richard filed three years ago?” I asked.

“The underwriter confirmed the second lien was never properly indexed, because Arthur never signed it,” Dalton said.

“Your father used a forged mark two months before Arthur died.”

Morales took out a blank white card and laid it next to the deed.

“To file the formal conversion complaint with the court, we need three sworn exhibits attached to it.”

“I brought along the tax receipts from the basement safe,” I said.