“Can she prove it?”
“Plane tickets, hotel receipt, photos, credit-card statements.”
“So the notarization is false.”
“Almost certainly.”
“Then this is over.”
“No.”
His voice was calm.
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“Robert, proving the document is false is only the beginning. We still need to determine who created it, who submitted it, and whether other documents exist.”
I closed my eyes.
Other documents.
I had not thought about that.
Martin recommended we conduct a full property and credit review.
That evening, Patricia and I sat together at the dining room table while we checked accounts we had not looked at closely in years.
A small savings account.
An old brokerage account.
Our homeowners insurance.
A line of credit we had opened for emergencies and never used.
Everything looked normal.
Until Patricia found a change to her life insurance beneficiary information.
She stared at the screen.
“Robert.”
I leaned over.
