The night I brought my newborn daughter home, my mother was waiting in my driveway beside a moving truck. “Perfect timing,” she smiled. “We’re moving in tonight.”

too late.

Brittany shrugged. “Bank stuff. School forms. Whatever. This is our address now.”

Evan looked at me. He knew why that mattered.

False residency could turn simple trespassing into a nightmare if they created the appearance that they lived there. My mother hadn’t acted impulsively. She had prepared.

I kept my voice flat. “Show me.”

“Why?” Mom asked.

“Because if you’re claiming residency, I want to see what you used.”

For a second, greed beat caution.

She pulled a folder from her purse. Inside were utility statements, change-of-address confirmations,