"My hands are tied, Mr. Crowell," the inspector sighed. "Until the soil samples clear, this property is flagged."
That afternoon, Mason received a call from his bank. The refinance was officially suspended.
Mason was backed into a corner, but he wasn't going to let an entitled bully destroy his family's future. He started digging into public property records. Sylvia had lived next door for thirty years. Her late husband, Richard Brandt, was listed as the original owner of the land. But when Mason cross-referenced Richard's name with local business registries from the 1990s, his blood ran cold.