“Did he bring up my father by name?” I asked.

“Arthur noted that your father had trouble handling his personal debts,” Dalton said.

“He set this up as an irrevocable transfer on his death so the deed would pass straight to you.”

“Yesterday my father told me he controls the property,” I said.

“Your father is either misinformed or lying,” Dalton said.

Dalton peered over his glasses again and packed his papers back into his leather briefcase.

“We need to take this to my office downtown, where I can get at the full county title abstracts,” Dalton said.