Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

voice booming in the small room. “The public auction window closed at nine this morning, and my firm has submitted the highest bid for the outstanding tax debt.”

Mrs. Gable, a gray-haired woman with a sweater draped over her shoulders, adjusted her reading glasses. She looked at the paper Frank had slid across the table.

“He wants the title transferred continue reading …