The Bank Called to Say My Beach House Was Refinanced Without Me – The Archivist

No lien. No co-owner.”

I exhaled. I hadn’t realized I’d been holding my breath.

“Now,” he said. “Tell me about the 529.”

I told him what I knew. Harold Mercer, Ryan’s father, had set it up for Lily before he died. $47,000. Judith listed as custodian because Ryan had been deployed when Harold filed the paperwork. Ryan had told me once, about a year before continue reading …