PART  3 The woman turned toward the bed. My fingers tightened around my phone. “Yes. Everything looks normal.” “Then stop worrying. Laura always finds a reason to worry about something. She’ll convince herself it’s her imagination before she admits something is wrong.” The cruelty in his voice hurt more than the shock of hearing it.…

PART 3 I straightened in my chair. “What equity arrangement?” “That’s what I’m trying to establish. Someone has been discussing the possibility of using the Brentwood property as part of a larger financial transaction. I don’t yet know whether it was merely a proposal or whether someone attempted to represent that they had authority to…

PART 3 There was also a document I had signed the previous afternoon. It wasn’t a document transferring my house to anyone. It was a statement of my wishes concerning my property, accompanied by instructions for ensuring that any future decisions about the house would be made according to my own wishes and the law.…

PART  3 The woman turned toward the bed. My fingers tightened around my phone. “Yes. Everything looks normal.” “Then stop worrying. Laura always finds a reason to worry about something. She’ll convince herself it’s her imagination before she admits something is wrong.” The cruelty in his voice hurt more than the shock of hearing it.…

PART 3 I straightened in my chair. “What equity arrangement?” “That’s what I’m trying to establish. Someone has been discussing the possibility of using the Brentwood property as part of a larger financial transaction. I don’t yet know whether it was merely a proposal or whether someone attempted to represent that they had authority to…

PART 3 There was also a document I had signed the previous afternoon. It wasn’t a document transferring my house to anyone. It was a statement of my wishes concerning my property, accompanied by instructions for ensuring that any future decisions about the house would be made according to my own wishes and the law.…