and opened the metal box.
Inside lay a single notarized legal affidavit signed by Gwendolyn twelve years earlier.
Warren read through the document twice.
His eyes widened.
“Paige, you need to read this immediate statement carefully.”
The affidavit formally confirmed that Gwendolyn had accepted a substantial private financial settlement from my mother years earlier.
In exchange for that money, Gwendolyn had legally acknowledged that the Phoenix property belonged exclusively to my mother’s trust.
She had agreed to make no ownership claim against the house and acknowledged that attempting to obtain
