Then she laughed softly.
“That is very elegant.”
“I thought so.”
My next call was to Patricia Greene, the real-estate attorney who had handled the purchase of our house nine years earlier. She knew exactly how the property was titled.
I explained what had happened.
“This is unusual,” she said.
“I know.”
“But it is legally straightforward.”
“I know.”
“You really want me at dinner?”
“He told me the house belongs to him. I want you to help me explain what the house actually is.”
“I can be there tonight.”
