Emma Signed Over Her Kitchen Island to Keep Toby Safe in Massachusetts

evidence of physical duress,” she said.

“There was no duress,” I said. “Only his haste to get to the airport.”

She set the document back in the blue folder and drew the black ribbon tight around the cardboard cover.

“You are giving up the equity in the Lake Forest home, Emma,” she said. “That is nearly eighty thousand dollars of your share.”

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