Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

we do not pay.”

“We are not taking a loan from Arthur,” Clara said, standing up and closing her ledger with a loud thud. “And I am certainly not signing away my rights to Beatrice’s building.”

“It is not signing it away,” I said, reaching out to touch her sleeve. “It is just a formality for the bank.”

“No,” she said, her voice flat and continue reading …