Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

me. “But there is a legal hurdle before the loan committee can vote on this tomorrow afternoon.”

“A legal hurdle?” I asked, pausing to let the words settle between us.

He pointed a thick finger at a blank line near the bottom of the page, where the words quitclaim deed were printed in black ink.

“Because the property was left to both of you after Beatrice continue reading …