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Chapter 5

Autor: Blue Carberry
I held up my phone. On the screen was a photo of the sales contract Mom had supposedly signed back then.

"This is the sales contract for my parents' house."

Aunt Marlene's expression changed.

"I went back and looked into it. The house was sold on July 16, 2008. My parents had their accident on June 30." My voice wavered a little at that point, but I held it together. In other words, half a month after my parents died, someone pretended to be Mom, signed her name, and sold the house."

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