of everyone you loved, and sign this house over to you, and give you your father’s letter. That was my wedding gift.”
My voice broke a little. I let it.
“But I wasn’t invited to the wedding.”
Someone in the crowd said, “Oh, my God,” very softly.
Graham stood up then, slowly, holding his thin folder.
“For the record,” he said, in his calm, courtroom voice, “I’m Graham Whitlock, Mrs. Vance’s attorney. As of this morning, the New Hanover and Pender County property records show the owner of 14 Sandpiper
