The Realtor Read One Name and My Stepfather Stopped Laughing

Dad died.

The bank copies told the part nobody had said out loud.

Three separate withdrawals from my father’s personal business account in late 2011. Ten thousand. Eight thousand. Twelve thousand. Each initialed as “temporary loan for land opportunity.” Each unsigned by my father.

Then the cashier’s check stub.

Pay to the order of Richard Lawson.

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