Six Sisters and the Blue Ledger on Oak Street

I said, my voice rising slightly before I caught myself. “She printed the deed on the front page and kept the signature sheet from the plumbing form.”

“It appears so,” Mr. Vance said, looking down at his hands. “The notary stamp on the back belongs to Beatrice’s office manager at the nail franchise.”

I stood up from the chair, my knees continue reading …