Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

official county file number. I squinted to read the narrow letters, but they did not form a name I recognized.

“What does this notation mean?” I asked, pointing to the blue ink.

Mrs. Gable leaned forward, squinting at the writing, then shook her head. “That is an administrative holding code from the registrar. Someone filed an inquiry on the title last continue reading …