Paying three hundred thousand dollars of debt before being ordered out of the house
I opened the folder. The document on top was a certified copy of a quitclaim deed for our home on Elmwood Avenue. I looked at the signature line on the second page, where the ink was dark and steady.
“He did not just hide the debt, Clare, he signed away the roof over your head,” David said.
My fingers touched the signature of Marcus Webb. He had transferred the entire property to a private entity named the Evelyn Webb Family Trust. The consideration listed was ten dollars.
“Who authorized the transfer of the Elmwood house title?” I asked, though my eyes were already on the notary stamp.
“Marcus did,” David said, pointing to the line. “He signed the quitclaim deed to his mother’s trust, and he did it without your knowledge.”
The date on the notary stamp was October twelfth. That was the day after Marcus had begged me to help him save our family future, the night he told me we were a team.
“Is there a second signature?” I asked.
“There is not,” David said. “Since the original deed was in his name alone from his grandmother’s inheritance, he did not need yours to transfer it.”
