Forty-eight hours later, a judge reviewed the evidence.
The hearing lasted less than an hour.
The ruling took less than five minutes.
The eviction was suspended immediately.
Possession of the apartment returned to Lena pending investigation.
The courtroom erupted into whispers.
The landlord looked pale.
His attorney looked worse.
The bank employee avoided eye contact entirely.
But the real shock arrived three weeks later.
Investigators uncovered six additional victims.
Six.
Elderly tenants.
Single parents.
Retired workers.
Every one of them had signed contracts containing suspicious amendments.
