And requested written confirmation of the concerns I’d reported.
Monica arranged for the appropriate preservation notices and sought the lending file through lawful channels.
We also requested the valuation company’s assignment records.
At noon, she called me back.
“Natalie, there’s something you need to see.”
I went straight to her office.
She was waiting at a conference table with a folder.
The first page contained a proposed loan amount.
Three hundred eighty thousand dollars.
I stared.
“What?”
She nodded.
“A home-equity loan application for that amount.”
I sat down.
“Adrian never discussed anything like that with me.”
“I understand.”
She turned the page.
The application identified the condo as owner-occupied property.
It listed Adrian as the primary contact.
And it contained a scanned authorization bearing my name.
I leaned closer.
The signature looked familiar.
Too familiar.
It resembled the one I’d used on a consent form during a hospital benefits enrollment months earlier.
