woman who had stood beside Trish the day before, but she looked ten years older.
“I need to talk to you.”
“Rachel’s coming.”
“Not with Rachel.”
“Then we’re not talking.”
She glanced toward the road.
“Please.”
I studied her.
She looked genuinely scared.
“About what?”
“The document.”
That got my attention.
“What about it?”
“I found it.”
“When?”
“Last winter.”
“Where?”
“In old association records.”
“Original?”
“No. Scan.”
“Who gave it to Trish?”
Linda hesitated.
“Linda.”
“She already had a copy.”
“From whom?”
“I don’t know.”
“Then what did you find?”
Her fingers tightened around her car keys.
“Emails.”
I said nothing.
“When Cedar Ridge was first built, the developer wanted a secondary road through your property.”
“I know.”
My father had rejected the proposal.
They offered seventy thousand dollars for an access easement.
Dad said no.
Then one hundred thousand.
Still no.
Eventually the subdivision built its main entrance
