{"id":31838,"date":"2026-10-06T20:15:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=31838"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T20:15:44","slug":"part-13-grants-forged-signature-put-him-inside-the-scheme-but-the-developers-records-showed-he-was-never-supposed-to-keep-control-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=31838","title":{"rendered":"PART 13 \u2013 Grant\u2019s Forged Signature Put Him Inside the Scheme, but the Developer\u2019s Records Showed He Was Never Supposed to Keep Control of It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detective Ortiz ended Sherry\u2019s call only after confirming that another unit had reached her house.<\/p>\n<p>She instructed Sherry not to leave, not to destroy anything, and not to contact Grant, Vivian, or Voss.<\/p>\n<p>Sherry kept saying she understood.<\/p>\n<p>I did not believe she did.<\/p>\n<p>People like Sherry had spent so long treating boundaries as suggestions that even a police instruction sounded to them like something negotiable.<\/p>\n<p>When the call ended, Toby stood near my back door with both hands braced on his hips.<\/p>\n<p>He had not spoken since hearing that Grant forged his signature.<\/p>\n<p>Paige sat at the kitchen table.<\/p>\n<p>She looked hollow.<\/p>\n<p>Not crying anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Past crying.<\/p>\n<p>Detective Ortiz turned toward her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need you to tell me everything you know about Lamb Residential Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour brother owns it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad you heard the name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz waited.<\/p>\n<p>Paige pressed her fingers against her forehead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant talked about buying distressed property after the recession. He had several companies. I never paid attention to the names.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Toby?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI barely knew what Grant did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe discussed investments with you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you ever sign anything for him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby\u2019s eyes narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCo-sign loans?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuarantees?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness introductions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz caught the wording.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that you remember?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby sighed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe sent things to review occasionally. Market reports. Deals. He likes making everyone feel like they\u2019re part of whatever he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold said, \u201cDid you ever return documents with your signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElectronic signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby went still.<\/p>\n<p>Paige noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Ortiz asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant wanted me to witness something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember. A partnership document.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you sign digitally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe emailed me a link.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz sat straighter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat service?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he have access to a saved signature afterward?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby stared at the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold said, \u201cA signature image is easy to retain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige whispered, \u201cGrant would know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody answered.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz\u2019s phone rang again.<\/p>\n<p>She listened briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Then looked toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSherry\u2019s cooperating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz ignored the bitterness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve secured the house pending a search warrant. Vivian still hasn\u2019t been located.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBell is working on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby finally turned from the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Grant knows the police are looking for him, he\u2019ll run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe already left his hotel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why are we standing here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz\u2019s expression did not change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause angry relatives make poor investigators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He took a breath.<\/p>\n<p>She continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because I have people who can stop him at airports, train stations, and major roads without getting into a fight in a parking lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to fight him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her tone suggested she did not.<\/p>\n<p>A second detective arrived thirty minutes later carrying a laptop and a slim cardboard box.<\/p>\n<p>He introduced himself as Aaron Price from the financial-crimes unit.<\/p>\n<p>He had obtained preliminary business records on North Shore Land Partners and Lamb Residential Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot enough for conclusions,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<p>But enough for questions.<\/p>\n<p>We gathered around the kitchen table.<\/p>\n<p>Price opened a corporate-ownership diagram.<\/p>\n<p>North Shore had been created through a registered agent in Delaware.<\/p>\n<p>Its sole listed manager was a company called Veridian Asset Strategies.<\/p>\n<p>Veridian\u2019s listed manager was another entity.<\/p>\n<p>That company finally led to an individual.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Voss.<\/p>\n<p>Harold exhaled slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Voss controlled the buyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn paper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen why did Grant\u2019s company finance it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause North Shore needed capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitial financing commitment: eight hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sherry\u2019s expected share.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the number.<\/p>\n<p>Price noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSherry said she and Vivian were each supposed to receive eight hundred thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price looked at Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote it down.<\/p>\n<p>Harold leaned toward the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was the source of Grant\u2019s eight-hundred-thousand-dollar commitment?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price clicked another page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is where things get interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had begun to hate that phrase.<\/p>\n<p>The funding was not cash.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bridge-loan guarantee.<\/p>\n<p>Lamb Residential Holdings had pledged an expected receivable tied to the future sale of property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat receivable?\u201d Toby asked.<\/p>\n<p>Price looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour beneficial interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price turned the laptop slightly.<\/p>\n<p>A document claimed that Toby Huitt had assigned a portion of any future proceeds arising from the Huitt Family Preservation Trust to Lamb Residential Holdings as collateral.<\/p>\n<p>Toby\u2019s face turned white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assumed you\u2019d say that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz asked, \u201cSignature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price enlarged the page.<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>Toby Huitt.<\/p>\n<p>Not perfect.<\/p>\n<p>But close.<\/p>\n<p>Closer than the 2021 letter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat date?\u201d Harold asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFourteen months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige whispered, \u201cGrant was at our house then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou remember?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came for Emma\u2019s school play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their oldest daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A normal family weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Grant eating breakfast in their kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>Playing cards with the children.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently carrying documents that pledged Toby\u2019s future inheritance.<\/p>\n<p>Toby sat down heavily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much did he assign?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo million dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke.<\/p>\n<p>My first impulse was absurdly maternal.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to tell Toby it was not his fault.<\/p>\n<p>But that would have been too simple.<\/p>\n<p>He had trusted.<\/p>\n<p>He had avoided asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>He had let Paige\u2019s family orbit closer because challenging them was inconvenient.<\/p>\n<p>Still, none of that gave Grant the right to forge his name.<\/p>\n<p>Harold studied the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis assignment is invalid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause Toby didn\u2019t sign it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat too. But more importantly, he cannot assign what he does not yet possess under this trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorth Shore\u2019s lender may not know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the lender?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrivate capital group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cName?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrowgate Financial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant\u2019s employer, according to what Toby had once told me.<\/p>\n<p>Paige looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant works for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrowgate placed him on administrative leave this afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow did they know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe contacted their legal department after finding the financing commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby rubbed his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo Grant used his employer to finance a deal using my nonexistent inheritance as collateral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat appears possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige whispered, \u201cHe could lose everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tried to take everything from Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She closed her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s another problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course there is,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>He almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrowgate believed the collateral had already been reviewed by independent counsel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold\u2019s expression sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich counsel?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price enlarged another document.<\/p>\n<p>Benton, Pike and Rowe.<\/p>\n<p>The same firm tied to the $18,500 legal retainer.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the attempted charge against Mara may have been intended to pay for the legal opinion supporting the financing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold nodded slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only guardianship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExplain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold folded his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Voss could establish that Toby\u2019s beneficiary interest was accessible, Grant could use it as collateral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they needed you removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd me declared incompetent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy both?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I would object as trustee, and your competence strengthens your rights as lifetime beneficiary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The whole structure became clearer.<\/p>\n<p>Remove Harold.<\/p>\n<p>Weaken me.<\/p>\n<p>Reframe Toby\u2019s future inheritance as something currently reachable.<\/p>\n<p>Then borrow against it.<\/p>\n<p>The cabin sale could close.<\/p>\n<p>Grant\u2019s financing would be repaid.<\/p>\n<p>Sherry and Vivian would receive their shares.<\/p>\n<p>Voss would control the buyer and whatever money disappeared between purchase prices.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone got something.<\/p>\n<p>Except the people who owned the property.<\/p>\n<p>Toby stared at the assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would Grant take this risk?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price leaned back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is usually the right question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price opened another record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant owes Harrowgate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternal loans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApproximately one-point-six million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Toby stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Price continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also personally guaranteed losses on two failed commercial deals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold said, \u201cSo the cabin sale would rescue him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPotentially.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grant had not seen the property only as an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>He needed it.<\/p>\n<p>That need had changed the nature of everything.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz\u2019s phone buzzed.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at the message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBell found him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paige stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a storage facility near the interstate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he okay?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was not the answer she wanted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he under arrest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is he at a storage facility?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz looked at Price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnit is rented to Lamb Residential Holdings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDocuments?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVoss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo sign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVivian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz grabbed her coat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby stepped forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe forged my signature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe pledged my father\u2019s trust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is exactly why you\u2019re staying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby\u2019s jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz softened just slightly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will know what we find as soon as I can legally tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She and Price left.<\/p>\n<p>The house became quiet.<\/p>\n<p>Harold packed his files.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should go back to my office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you safe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a thoughtful question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t rhetorical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll have someone with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvelyn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving, Harold touched Leon\u2019s letter still lying near my coffee cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou found this today?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one addressed to me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>He read only the final paragraph after I offered it.<\/p>\n<p>Then he smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe still sounds like himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harold laughed quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Then his expression softened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was worried you\u2019d keep the cabin because you thought selling it meant letting him go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at the window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe I don\u2019t want it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to decide today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For once, nobody would force the timing.<\/p>\n<p>After Harold left, Toby and Paige stayed.<\/p>\n<p>The three of us sat in the kitchen with no documents between us.<\/p>\n<p>That felt strange.<\/p>\n<p>Paige stared at the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother might be arrested. Vivian is missing. Grant may be arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She swallowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd half of what I thought was normal isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby\u2019s face softened despite himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can come home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t what I meant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He knew.<\/p>\n<p>Their house no longer felt neutral.<\/p>\n<p>Too many conversations had happened there.<\/p>\n<p>Too many documents had moved through it.<\/p>\n<p>Too many permissions had been granted without either of them paying attention.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can stay here tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They both looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>Paige\u2019s eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMara\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t deserve\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t turn this into deserving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re both exhausted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toby looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I should have been angrier.<\/p>\n<p>I was angry.<\/p>\n<p>But anger and cruelty were not the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Paige had failed me.<\/p>\n<p>That did not require me to enjoy watching her lose everyone at once.<\/p>\n<p>They went upstairs to Toby\u2019s old room and the guest room beside it.<\/p>\n<p>Neither slept with the other.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed.<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>At 9:17 that night, Detective Ortiz called.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe searched Grant\u2019s storage unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hand tightened around the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you find?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoxes of financial records.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything about the trust?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach sank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow bad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has records going back to 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeon\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Grant collect them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome. Some appear to have come from Voss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Vivian?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found correspondence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStill unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Voss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I heard voices behind Ortiz.<\/p>\n<p>Then she said, \u201cThere\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found a second purchase agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heartbeat slowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the cabin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNine-point-two million.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat down.<\/p>\n<p>Higher again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is the buyer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what you need to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I waited.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz lowered her voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe buyer is not Halcyon Ridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen who?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company formed three weeks ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwned by Voss?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrant?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSherry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t proved ownership yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe organizing documents list one authorized representative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I gripped the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaige Huitt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Upstairs, my daughter-in-law was sleeping in the room beside my son.<\/p>\n<p>Or pretending to.<\/p>\n<p>And according to a company filing made three weeks earlier, she was authorized to purchase my family\u2019s cabin for $9.2 million.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=31839\">Click here to continue reading: PART 14: A Company Filed in Paige\u2019s Name Made Her Look Like the Final Buyer, Until One Detail Proved Someone Needed Her to Take the Fall<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detective Ortiz ended Sherry\u2019s call only after confirming that another unit had reached her house. 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