HE WALKED STRANGERS THROUGH MY LAKE HOUSE LIKE HE OWNED IT

had let her read me the address. I had let her read me the amount. And then I had said, in the most boring voice I owned, “Ma’am, I have not applied for any loan. I have never heard of this application. I would like to put a fraud flag on my Social Security number and on the property, and I would like the name of your fraud investigator.”

She had gone continue reading …