North Carolina Boundary Lines Drawn on an Oak Desk

space where a clerk signature should have been.

“Someone checked out the current district boundaries on the eleventh,” Elaine said, “but they did not sign their name.”

“The rules require a full signature and a seventy-five dollar fee for any certified copy,” I said.

She closed the ledger with a soft thud. “This ledger has been the absolute standard for continue reading …