Morgan saved the messages and forwarded them to Priya.
That evening they spread Morgan’s estate documents across the dining table. Priya asked whether Julian had access to any original property papers. Morgan said the deed was recorded in her name, and the original documents were in a locked file box at home.
“Then let’s check the public record,” Priya said.
They searched the county’s online records. No transfer appeared, but Morgan found an unfamiliar document among emails she had ignored: a request from a title company asking her to confirm a proposed sale of the Door County property.
The email was three weeks old.
Morgan’s mouth went dry. “I never agreed to sell.”
Priya opened the attachment. It was a draft purchase agreement with a sale price of $430,000, a quick closing date, and a signature block bearing Morgan’s full legal name. No valid signature had been added. The prospective buyer was an investment company Morgan had never heard of.
