Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

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Mrs. Gable picked up the yellow slip and the tax receipt, comparing the signatures. “Mr. Miller, is your firm partnering with the junior mortgage holder to acquire this deed?”

“We have a standard joint-venture agreement,” Frank said, his voice losing its booming warmth. “It is entirely legal.”

“The county tax code section four hundred continue reading …