The lender has frozen the file and referred it for investigation.”
Irene folded her arms.
“Are you threatening us with the police?”
“No,” Daniel said.
“I am explaining what the bank has already done.”
Mike began pacing.
“We can fix this.
Steph signs a new authorization, the loan funds, I get the SUV back, and nobody has to make a big deal out of some paperwork mistake.”
“A forged signature is not a paperwork mistake,” I said.
“You owe me this.”
The entitlement in his voice was so complete that I almost laughed.
“Why?”
He stopped pacing.
“Because I stayed,” he said.
“I stayed near Mom.
I raised a family.
I kept the house going while you built your little business and disappeared into your own problems.”
“I paid the property taxes twice when you couldn’t.
I covered the furnace.
I paid for the upstairs bathroom after the pipe burst.”
