Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

three bold words: Notice of Delinquency.

I pulled out a single sheet of green paper showing our bakery address on Maple Avenue.

The total amount due for past-due property taxes was six thousand four hundred and twelve dollars, with a final payment deadline of November first.

If the balance remained unpaid by that date, the county reserved the right to continue reading …