{"id":3023,"date":"2026-09-15T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=3023"},"modified":"2026-09-15T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:14:29","slug":"part-7-with-four-days-before-dale-emptied-the-company-ashley-handed-me-the-one-record-he-could-not-explain-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=3023","title":{"rendered":"PART 7 \u2013 With Four Days Before Dale Emptied the Company, Ashley Handed Me the One Record He Could Not Explain Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patrice did not waste time after Ashley\u2019s call.<\/p>\n<p>Within thirty minutes, she had another lawyer in the conference room, a forensic accountant on speakerphone, and Martin spreading old entity charts across the table.<\/p>\n<p>I sat in the middle of them feeling like the least qualified person in a case built around my own name.<\/p>\n<p>The forensic accountant was a woman named Elise Brennan.<\/p>\n<p>She spoke quickly and without unnecessary drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf transfers are imminent, you need emergency relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you establish ownership and likely dissipation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have formation records, suspected forged signatures, the client\u2019s denial of knowledge, and an insider witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin looked uncomfortable being called that.<\/p>\n<p>Elise continued through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny recent wire instructions?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProperty transfers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#39;re pulling them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice ended the call and looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe may have to file before we understand everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means asking a judge to stop certain transfers while we determine what belongs to whom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill Dale know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe&#39;ll know everything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea frightened me.<\/p>\n<p>For weeks, my advantage had been silence.<\/p>\n<p>Dale had believed I knew less than I did.<\/p>\n<p>Now we were about to announce that I was no longer playing by his assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens if the judge says no?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we use every other lawful method available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if the judge says yes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale loses freedom to move certain assets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin looked at the clock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will panic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice turned to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That word surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>She continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople make mistakes when plans built on secrecy become visible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thought of Dale walking into my salon and finding me behind the counter.<\/p>\n<p>For the first time, I understood that revelation itself could be leverage.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley called again twenty minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>She was still shaken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan I send pictures?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My phone began receiving photographs.<\/p>\n<p>The first showed closing documents for the Savannah condo.<\/p>\n<p>The second showed the wire confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Originating account:<\/p>\n<p>Carol Ann Holdings, LLC.<\/p>\n<p>Amount:<\/p>\n<p>$152,800.<\/p>\n<p>Recipient:<\/p>\n<p>Savannah River Title Services.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiary purchaser:<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>Then another photograph arrived.<\/p>\n<p>A letter.<\/p>\n<p>On company letterhead.<\/p>\n<p>It stated that Carol Ann Holdings was providing funds to Ashley as part of an approved acquisition and consulting compensation arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom was my name.<\/p>\n<p>And my signature.<\/p>\n<p>Forged.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice leaned over my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone forging my signature is excellent?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor evidence, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She asked Ashley to photograph every page clearly and preserve originals.<\/p>\n<p>Then Ashley sent one more image.<\/p>\n<p>An email printed from Dale\u2019s computer.<\/p>\n<p>From: Dale Harris.<\/p>\n<p>To: Ashley Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>The message said the condo needed to remain in Ashley\u2019s name temporarily until \u201cCarol\u2019s side\u201d was resolved.<\/p>\n<p>A second paragraph said that once \u201cthe restructuring is complete,\u201d Ashley would transfer the property into another entity.<\/p>\n<p>The entity name stopped Martin cold.<\/p>\n<p>MVA Capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMVA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMartin Vale Associates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou own that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYears ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it still exist?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn&#39;t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice was already searching public records.<\/p>\n<p>A moment later she looked up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin went pale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was reinstated three years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She turned the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>The registered agent was Dale.<\/p>\n<p>Martin sat back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not authorize that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost laughed.<\/p>\n<p>The same sentence I had been repeating for days.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice looked between us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale has been reusing old entities and old relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d I asked.<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo create distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom himself?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pattern was becoming visible.<\/p>\n<p>My identity.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s old company.<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s old entity.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley\u2019s condo.<\/p>\n<p>Separate names.<\/p>\n<p>Separate ownership.<\/p>\n<p>Dale in the middle, controlling movement without always appearing as owner.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour husband built layers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make tracing difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin answered before she could.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd to make everyone look compromised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou appear to own the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed toward the photos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAshley appears to receive money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then toward himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy old entity appears to receive property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Dale?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin gave a humorless smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe appears to manage things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brilliance of it was ugly.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone investigated, we all looked involved.<\/p>\n<p>The wife.<\/p>\n<p>The mistress.<\/p>\n<p>The accountant.<\/p>\n<p>Dale could stand between us insisting everyone had known.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe that was why he had been so confident.<\/p>\n<p>He had not merely hidden evidence.<\/p>\n<p>He had distributed blame.<\/p>\n<p>I called Ashley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you come to Patrice\u2019s office?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill he be there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot unless something changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;ll come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She arrived wearing no makeup and a sweatshirt several sizes too large.<\/p>\n<p>I almost did not recognize the polished woman who had spent months in my salon chair.<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes found mine first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don&#39;t have time for that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>In her arms was a cardboard box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything Dale gave me that might matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She set it on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Receipts.<\/p>\n<p>Cards.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel confirmations.<\/p>\n<p>Printed emails.<\/p>\n<p>A second phone.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice picked it up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhose?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMine. Sort of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDale bought it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we didn&#39;t use our regular phones for certain things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertain things?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley looked ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought he meant because he didn&#39;t want his wife finding out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice asked, \u201cCan we access it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley unlocked the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Messages filled the screen.<\/p>\n<p>Years ago, I might have believed affairs lived mostly in bedrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently they also lived in calendars, banking instructions, photographs of documents, and careless texts sent after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice scrolled only after Ashley signed written consent.<\/p>\n<p>Then she stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I came around the table.<\/p>\n<p>A message from Dale three weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Once C signs Friday, move the Savannah place immediately. Can&#39;t leave anything with her name attached.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley had replied:<\/p>\n<p>Why does her name matter if you say it&#39;s yours?<\/p>\n<p>Dale:<\/p>\n<p>Because paper matters more than truth in court.<\/p>\n<p>My skin prickled.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice photographed the screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat may become one of my favorite sentences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley covered her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can&#39;t believe I thought he was protecting me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you think was happening?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me you were greedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said you&#39;d never worked for anything and would try taking his company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;ve worked since I was sixteen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew it then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley wiped her eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the company was all his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of it may have been my brother\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I told her only what Patrice allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>The forged transfers.<\/p>\n<p>Carol Ann Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley sat speechless.<\/p>\n<p>Then she whispered, \u201cSo the money he gave me\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay have come from assets connected to Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked sick.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spent some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#39;ll sort that later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can sell the condo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon&#39;t do anything until Patrice tells you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashley nodded.<\/p>\n<p>Then she reached into the box.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She removed a small portable drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gave it to me last month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted me to keep it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said backup documents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice did not touch it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know what&#39;s on it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you connect it to anything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce. My laptop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you see?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNames?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProperties. Banks. Companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin leaned forward.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice stopped him with one look.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody touched the drive.<\/p>\n<p>She called a digital forensics specialist.<\/p>\n<p>Two hours later, after proper imaging and preservation, we received the first inventory.<\/p>\n<p>Entity spreadsheets.<\/p>\n<p>Bank account lists.<\/p>\n<p>Scanned deeds.<\/p>\n<p>Password-protected archives.<\/p>\n<p>Copies of identification.<\/p>\n<p>And a folder labeled LEGACY.<\/p>\n<p>The technician opened only what Patrice authorized.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were scanned records from Daniel\u2019s company.<\/p>\n<p>Older than anything we had found in Dale\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Martin looked at one document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s Daniel\u2019s original ledger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>Handwritten notations ran beside property names.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel had written comments directly onto printed statements.<\/p>\n<p>One entry read:<\/p>\n<p>Dale distribution disputed \u2013 185K.<\/p>\n<p>Another:<\/p>\n<p>Talk to Carol before changes.<\/p>\n<p>Another:<\/p>\n<p>Martin verify signatures.<\/p>\n<p>My throat tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew something was wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then we found an audio file.<\/p>\n<p>The date was five days before Daniel died.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice asked the technician to preserve it.<\/p>\n<p>Then she looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don&#39;t have to listen now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The audio began with static.<\/p>\n<p>A chair scraping.<\/p>\n<p>Then Daniel\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>Older only because memory preserves people more clearly than recordings do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want this on record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I covered my mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen years disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s younger voice answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel, calm down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Dale.<\/p>\n<p>My husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want the money back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A pause.<\/p>\n<p>Dale said, \u201cIt&#39;s not that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is exactly that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s voice was sharp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou moved money without authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invested it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn your company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a deal that benefits all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou signed documents you had no right to sign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room around me vanished.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#39;ve already told Martin. If this isn&#39;t reversed by Friday, Carol gets copies of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My name.<\/p>\n<p>In my dead brother\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>Dale answered, lower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon&#39;t drag Carol into business she doesn&#39;t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Even then.<\/p>\n<p>Even fourteen years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The same contempt.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel gave a short laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou keep saying that like she&#39;s stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe trusts you,\u201d Daniel continued. \u201cThat&#39;s not the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice paused the audio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to stop?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She resumed.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel said, \u201cIf something happens to me, my share goes to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dale replied, \u201cNothing&#39;s happening to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou heard me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The recording ended several minutes later after arguments about accounts and signatures.<\/p>\n<p>No threats.<\/p>\n<p>No confession.<\/p>\n<p>No proof of violence.<\/p>\n<p>But proof of dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Proof Daniel expected me to receive the assets.<\/p>\n<p>Proof Dale knew.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley sat in silence.<\/p>\n<p>Martin looked broken.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the waveform frozen on the laptop screen.<\/p>\n<p>For fourteen years, I had believed Daniel died without saying goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Now I knew he had been trying to protect me five days before his death.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice put one hand on my shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can use this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I nodded.<\/p>\n<p>That was all I could manage.<\/p>\n<p>Later that afternoon, the emergency filing was completed.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence package included forged signatures, the company structure, recent transfer plans, Ashley\u2019s documentation, and the recording establishing historical disputes.<\/p>\n<p>The judge granted temporary restrictions on several key assets pending a hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Not everything.<\/p>\n<p>But enough.<\/p>\n<p>Bank accounts connected to Carol Ann Holdings could not be emptied.<\/p>\n<p>Certain properties could not be transferred.<\/p>\n<p>The Savannah condo became subject to notice.<\/p>\n<p>Dale\u2019s freedom had narrowed.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:42 that evening, he called.<\/p>\n<p>I did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:43, again.<\/p>\n<p>At 6:45, again.<\/p>\n<p>Then a text.<\/p>\n<p>You have no idea what you&#39;ve done.<\/p>\n<p>I showed Patrice.<\/p>\n<p>She told me not to reply.<\/p>\n<p>Another message arrived.<\/p>\n<p>You are destroying your brother&#39;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach turned.<\/p>\n<p>Then another.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is lying to you.<\/p>\n<p>Another.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley is using you.<\/p>\n<p>Another.<\/p>\n<p>That lawyer wants your money.<\/p>\n<p>Then finally:<\/p>\n<p>Meet me alone and I will explain everything.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the screen.<\/p>\n<p>For most of our marriage, I would have met him.<\/p>\n<p>Not because he deserved trust.<\/p>\n<p>Because I had been trained to believe private family problems belonged inside the family.<\/p>\n<p>I typed nothing.<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I woke in my sister\u2019s guest room in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice had insisted I not return home yet.<\/p>\n<p>At seven ten, my phone rang from an unknown number.<\/p>\n<p>I answered cautiously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Harris?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is Detective Nolan Briggs with the financial crimes unit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I sat upright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can I help you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe received a referral related to documents filed under your name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My heart began beating faster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He paused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I&#39;m calling about one in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA property transfer recorded yesterday afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat shouldn&#39;t be possible. There\u2019s a court order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis appears to have been submitted before the order was entered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat property?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe industrial warehouse on Carver Road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s first warehouse.<\/p>\n<p>The one in the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho was it transferred to?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paper moved on the other end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA company called MVA Capital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin\u2019s old entity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday at 3:18 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd who signed for Carol Ann Holdings?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another pause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hand tightened around the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMrs. Harris\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not sign anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I&#39;m calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho notarized it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He read the name.<\/p>\n<p>I recognized it immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Not because she was a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>Not because she worked for Dale.<\/p>\n<p>Because she had sat in my salon chair every six weeks for almost nine years.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Carver.<\/p>\n<p>One of my oldest clients.<\/p>\n<p>And a notary.<\/p>\n<p>Someone who knew exactly what my real signature looked like.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/feelonestory.online\/?p=3024\">Click here to continue reading: PART 8: The Woman Who Notarized My Forged Deed Admitted Dale Had Been Preparing My Exit Long Before Ashley Ever Entered His Life<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrice did not waste time after Ashley\u2019s call. 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