Initiation in Paradise by Deborah Brown

Author:Deborah Brown [Brown, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

For once, we weren’t driving to Miami. Fab’s latest client lived in the Keys in a small weathered house off the Overseas. Gunz had put a rush on the job, and the only detail I’d learned thus far was that it required restraint.

“Now that we’re here, are you going to part with the details of the case?” I asked.

Fab slowly cruised the street, u-turned, and parked down the block. “You have your Glock on you?”

“Of course. But you told the guys this was a paperwork job.”

Fab reached between the seats and handed me an envelope off the back seat.

“I could’ve been going through this on the way over,” I snapped and pulled out a sheaf of papers that turned out to be legal documents, the cover sheet a list of instructions. “Deeds? So what’s the backstory? And here’s another pesky question: who’s doing what?”

“Mira Hunter’s husband died and left her in financial straits. She was on the verge of losing her house when she got approached by a husband-and-wife investor team saying that they had a buyer who’d pay cash for a quick close. All she had to do was sign a quit claim deed. In her defense, she did a cursory check on the internet and, finding only good reviews on their website, signed everything they put in front of her.”

I groaned. “I know where this is going.”

“The interesting thing is that the investor couple never did anything with the property. Possibly because the duo was up to their necks in legal trouble for fraud, theft, and a handful of other charges. With the law breathing down their necks, they skipped town. They were hauled back, sentenced to jail, and they just got out.”

“The client wants…?”

“Mira Thompson is the sweet woman’s name.”

I didn’t bother to hide my eyeroll. “Knowing something about this process, I imagine that this is now a big fat paperwork mess.”

“Mira needs us to get felon couple to sign another deed, transferring the property back into her name. She tried, but they refused and didn’t offer an explanation as to why. Interestingly, they didn’t hold her up for cash either. She did hire a foot-dragging lawyer, but ran out of money before it got to court. Not seeing any bucks in it for him, he bailed.”

“Who lives here?” I asked. “Because if this is the house in question, it doesn’t appear to be worth more than the cost to have it demolished.” The wood-frame house showed signs that a multi-generational family of termites had built their nests inside.

“Felon couple lives here.”

I had a bad feeling about this as I thumbed through the paperwork. “Jessie and Berta Samson would be their names.”

“Okay.”

“I’m going to use my powers of premonition here. We’re going to go to the door and ask politely for them to sign these documents?” I pointed to my lap.

“When you have a premonition, you’re supposed to rub your forehead.” Fab smiled cheekily.

“And when felon couple says hit the road, then what?”

“We threaten them.”

“A bribe would be better.

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