{"id":10683,"date":"2026-09-14T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=10683"},"modified":"2026-09-14T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:16:08","slug":"part-12-todd-finally-faced-graham-voss-under-oath-and-the-testimony-revealed-why-harold-had-left-me-the-land-instead-of-fighting-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=10683","title":{"rendered":"PART 12 \u2013 Todd Finally Faced Graham Voss Under Oath, and the Testimony Revealed Why Harold Had Left Me the Land Instead of Fighting His Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Voss looked ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>That surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>After months of hearing his name attached to debts, secret agreements, shell companies, hidden payments, and Harold\u2019s anger, I had imagined someone visibly dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Instead he arrived for the deposition wearing a dark suit and reading glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Gray hair.<\/p>\n<p>Careful manners.<\/p>\n<p>A leather briefcase.<\/p>\n<p>He could have been an accountant.<\/p>\n<p>He smiled at Todd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeen a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel sat beside him.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn represented my interests.<\/p>\n<p>Graham had two attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>I sat behind Evelyn, permitted to observe because Graham\u2019s claim affected my property.<\/p>\n<p>The court reporter administered the oath.<\/p>\n<p>Then the questions began.<\/p>\n<p>Graham admitted working with Todd.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted loaning money through affiliated companies.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted receiving information about Harold\u2019s property.<\/p>\n<p>But every answer came wrapped in qualification.<\/p>\n<p>He had not \u201cpurchased stolen records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had \u201creceived materials represented as authorized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had not \u201cpressured Harold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had \u201cfacilitated commercial discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had not \u201cexploited illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had \u201cconsidered succession risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn let him build the language.<\/p>\n<p>Then she dismantled it.<\/p>\n<p>She showed him Todd\u2019s agreement assigning ten percent of future proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>Graham acknowledged it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Todd own Parcel 44-118 when he signed this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he have authority to bind Harold?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe represented that he expected an eventual beneficial interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t my question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Harold ever sign this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Doreen Vance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen identify the legal interest you claim in her property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s lawyer objected.<\/p>\n<p>Graham answered anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI claim an interest in proceeds payable to Todd if his efforts contributed to a transaction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Vance owes Todd no proceeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may be disputed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr. Vance\u2019s heirs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd spoke before Rachel could stop him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone turned.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel touched his arm.<\/p>\n<p>Graham looked almost amused.<\/p>\n<p>Todd continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not claiming her land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s expression barely changed.<\/p>\n<p>But something in his eyes did.<\/p>\n<p>Fear recognizes disobedience quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn resumed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou encouraged Todd to challenge Harold\u2019s will?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discussed legal options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou offered debt relief if he did?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discussed restructuring obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConditional upon litigation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t accept that characterization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn produced an email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour words: \u2018Once title is disputed, Cardinal will have reason to pause and Doreen will have reason to compromise.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham looked at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNegotiation strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing a will contest you knew lacked factual support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Harold had undergone capacity evaluations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had heard something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew Todd had no medical basis to claim incapacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not a physician.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You\u2019re a land consultant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s attorney objected again.<\/p>\n<p>The court reporter recorded everything.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rachel surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>She asked permission to clarify Todd\u2019s role.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Todd was sworn again regarding specific documents.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel asked why he had signed Graham\u2019s agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much at the time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout six hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did it become more than three million?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterest, penalties, new advances, fees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you understand the terms?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid your father offer to help?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many times?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he require?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat I sell some investments, stop borrowing, and give him control of repayment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you accept?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the second?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd stared at his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I thought he was humiliating me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do instead?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to Graham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham watched without expression.<\/p>\n<p>Todd described giving him copies of Harold\u2019s surveys.<\/p>\n<p>The forged access consent.<\/p>\n<p>The meetings with Meridian.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions about Cardinal.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rachel asked, \u201cDid Harold ever authorize you to sell or assign rights in Parcel 44-118?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he ever promise you the property?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he tell you who would receive it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout a year before he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoreen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My chest tightened.<\/p>\n<p>I had not known Todd knew that early.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told him he was betraying us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUs meaning?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and Melissa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did Harold say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd looked toward me for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said I was confusing inheritance with entitlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sounded like Harold.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he explain why he chose Doreen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd\u2019s voice became quieter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said because she could say no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room seemed to shrink.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel waited.<\/p>\n<p>Todd continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked what that meant. Dad said everybody else around him wanted something from the property. I wanted money. Melissa wanted the family fighting to stop. Graham wanted a deal. Cardinal wanted access.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Doreen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said Doreen never asked him for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My eyes burned.<\/p>\n<p>I remembered all the times I had teased Harold about the useless acres.<\/p>\n<p>All the times I told him to sell if he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>All the times I had not cared enough to ask what they were worth.<\/p>\n<p>That indifference, which Melissa and Todd had once treated as ignorance, was exactly why Harold trusted me.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel asked, \u201cDid Harold say anything else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said if he gave me the land, I\u2019d sell it to solve my problems. If he gave it to Melissa, she\u2019d sell it to solve everybody\u2019s problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A faint, painful smile crossed Melissa\u2019s face where she sat behind us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Doreen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said she would figure out what the problem actually was before deciding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I lowered my head.<\/p>\n<p>For months I had wondered whether I was following Harold\u2019s plan correctly.<\/p>\n<p>Now I understood there had never been a detailed plan.<\/p>\n<p>Harold had trusted my process.<\/p>\n<p>Not my answer.<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s attorney requested a break.<\/p>\n<p>We reconvened thirty minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn shifted to Northstar.<\/p>\n<p>Graham denied controlling it.<\/p>\n<p>Then she showed him formation records connecting its trustee entity to his attorney.<\/p>\n<p>He denied knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>She showed bank transfers.<\/p>\n<p>He said accounting handled them.<\/p>\n<p>She showed the $150,000 circular payment.<\/p>\n<p>He called it a consulting reimbursement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthstar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho performed the consulting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t recall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas it Melissa Vance?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Melissa sat straighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why was a trust bearing her initials used?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn produced another email from Todd\u2019s boxes.<\/p>\n<p>Graham to Charles Keene.<\/p>\n<p>MJV structure gives us plausible family attribution if questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Graham stopped moving.<\/p>\n<p>Even his lawyer became still.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn read the sentence aloud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain \u2018plausible family attribution.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s attorney instructed him not to answer pending privilege issues.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn waited.<\/p>\n<p>Then she placed another document down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Northstar exist to make payments appear connected to Harold\u2019s family?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Charles Keene know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you and Keene design the arrangement together?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer repeated the instruction.<\/p>\n<p>Graham\u2019s silence was more useful than his denials.<\/p>\n<p>The deposition continued for six hours.<\/p>\n<p>By the end, Graham\u2019s claim against Parcel 44-118 looked exactly like what it was: leverage built upon an agreement with a man who had never owned the property.<\/p>\n<p>But one problem remained.<\/p>\n<p>Graham claimed Todd owed his companies more than three million dollars and that any money Todd eventually received from Harold\u2019s estate could be pursued.<\/p>\n<p>That dispute belonged to Todd.<\/p>\n<p>Not me.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, I saw clearly where my responsibility ended.<\/p>\n<p>After the deposition, Todd stood beside me in the parking garage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraham will come after everything I have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was not an accusation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI figured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll testify truthfully if you need me. Bernard will provide legitimate estate records. Evelyn can coordinate with Rachel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut you won\u2019t pay him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd looked toward the concrete floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDad would say the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He gave a tired laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting to hate how often he was right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo did he.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarold hated being wrong more than anybody I ever met. That\u2019s why he worked so hard to avoid it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For once, Todd laughed genuinely.<\/p>\n<p>The sound disappeared quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Then he said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>Not because I wanted him to suffer.<\/p>\n<p>Because apologies become meaningless when we rush to rescue the person making them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry I sold the records. I\u2019m sorry I lied to Dad. I\u2019m sorry I came after you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry I made his last year harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was the one that hurt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked away.<\/p>\n<p>Forgiveness did not arrive dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>There was no warmth flooding through me.<\/p>\n<p>No sudden erasure.<\/p>\n<p>Only a decision not to add another weapon to the pile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you\u2019re sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Todd nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs that forgiveness?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the most honest conversation we had ever had.<\/p>\n<p>Two days later Graham withdrew his claim against my property.<\/p>\n<p>He did not withdraw his claims against Todd.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel began negotiating those separately.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal returned to mediation.<\/p>\n<p>Priya Desai arrived with authority from the board to resolve Stonebridge.<\/p>\n<p>This time no one talked about the widow.<\/p>\n<p>No one talked about market value for ten acres.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about rights.<\/p>\n<p>Pipeline access.<\/p>\n<p>Storage licensing.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Water protection.<\/p>\n<p>Project economics.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement evolved.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal would pay twenty-six million dollars in guaranteed compensation over defined milestones and the initial operating period.<\/p>\n<p>Additional usage payments could raise the total substantially over the life of Stonebridge.<\/p>\n<p>The company would fund a multimillion-dollar environmental bond.<\/p>\n<p>Independent groundwater monitoring would begin before construction and continue through operation and closure.<\/p>\n<p>The Elk River Watershed Fund would receive dedicated annual funding.<\/p>\n<p>I would retain ownership of Parcel 44-118.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal would receive only the rights specifically described.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing more.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn read every sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Then read them again.<\/p>\n<p>So did I.<\/p>\n<p>We were close.<\/p>\n<p>Very close.<\/p>\n<p>But one issue remained.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal wanted confidentiality regarding the acquisition strategy and prior conduct.<\/p>\n<p>They would not close without it.<\/p>\n<p>I understood why.<\/p>\n<p>The emails about \u201cthe widow\u201d were ugly.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental avoidance was worse.<\/p>\n<p>Keene\u2019s relationship with Graham could damage careers and invite further scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>Priya said, \u201cThe company is conducting its own review.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat protects Cardinal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also addresses misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrivately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not disagree.<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Evelyn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens if I refuse confidentiality?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCardinal may walk from the settlement and litigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan they force the easement?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can try. Outcome uncertain. Expensive for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Priya leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re offering terms substantially better than anything previously proposed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accepted your environmental framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accepted the watershed fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat else do you need?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought about Harold\u2019s video.<\/p>\n<p>Choice.<\/p>\n<p>That was what he had protected.<\/p>\n<p>Not a specific number.<\/p>\n<p>Not a predetermined outcome.<\/p>\n<p>The right to decide with full information.<\/p>\n<p>Then I understood what bothered me.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal had tried to deny me that.<\/p>\n<p>I could not sign a contract that allowed the company to pretend it never happened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t agree to silence about Harold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Priya frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can protect legitimate technical information. You can protect project economics where appropriate. I won\u2019t publish private personnel files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I placed the email about the widow on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I will not sign something saying I can never tell the truth about how this property was acquired or how Harold was treated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Priya looked toward her lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>One shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis creates unacceptable reputational exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen your people should have behaved differently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mediation stalled again.<\/p>\n<p>Hours passed.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal left the room.<\/p>\n<p>Returned.<\/p>\n<p>Left again.<\/p>\n<p>At nearly midnight Priya came back alone with her lead counsel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can modify confidentiality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may discuss your personal experience, Harold\u2019s history, the existence of Stonebridge, and the environmental protections. Specific internal communications remain protected unless required by law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Evelyn.<\/p>\n<p>She considered it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot enough,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>Priya\u2019s patience finally cracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Vance, we have moved tens of millions of dollars and rewritten an entire project framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I moved from being the widow you expected to buy for under eight million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Priya closed her eyes briefly.<\/p>\n<p>When she opened them, the frustration was gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her lawyer turned toward her.<\/p>\n<p>She ignored him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re right. That history matters to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt matters because it explains why the protections exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Priya nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you propose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I pushed Harold\u2019s handwritten term sheet across the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne paragraph.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We drafted it together.<\/p>\n<p>The final agreement would acknowledge that Harold Vance had identified environmental and property-rights concerns before his death, that subsequent negotiations with his successor resulted in expanded protections and revised compensation, and that nothing in the agreement prevented me from truthfully discussing Harold\u2019s stewardship of the property.<\/p>\n<p>No accusations.<\/p>\n<p>No names.<\/p>\n<p>No forced silence.<\/p>\n<p>Priya accepted.<\/p>\n<p>At 12:43 in the morning, we had a framework.<\/p>\n<p>Not a signed final contract.<\/p>\n<p>But a deal.<\/p>\n<p>I returned home exhausted.<\/p>\n<p>Harold\u2019s chair waited in the dark kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>I turned on one small light.<\/p>\n<p>For months I had imagined this moment would feel like winning.<\/p>\n<p>It did not.<\/p>\n<p>It felt quiet.<\/p>\n<p>I took Harold\u2019s handwritten page from my folder and placed it on the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I would accept if I had ten healthy years left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I touched the words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou almost got it,\u201d I whispered.<\/p>\n<p>Then my phone rang.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>At that hour, I answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His voice was tense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoreen, don\u2019t sign anything tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been reviewing the original deed chain again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found a reservation nobody noticed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot Harold\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe county\u2019s predecessor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it reserve?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernard took a breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the dark direction of the creek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then he said the words that reopened everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if I\u2019m reading it correctly, Harold may never have owned all the rights Cardinal is preparing to pay you for.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=10684\">Click here to continue reading: PART 13: Bernard\u2019s Forgotten Water Reservation Threatened the Stonebridge Deal, Until an 1897 Deed Revealed Harold Had Been Protecting Something Cardinal Could Never Purchase<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Voss looked ordinary. That surprised me. 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