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always give the sheriff her information in Richmond if there was anything else he needed to know about Mr. Burris’s death.
    “If you see anything that bothers you.” Mace was watching her. “Just let me know. We can move things around if you need more time.”
    “But not much more.” Leland winked at her. “I have to get this on the county schedule as soon as possible to be eligible for the available grant money.”
    “I understand.” She glanced through the paperwork. It was what she’d expected as far as terms were concerned. “I think this will be a great project for Misty River. It shows growth potential.”
    “Exactly what I was thinking.” Leland smiled. “I didn’t expect to see anyone from your family. How are they doing up in Richmond?”
    “Everyone is fine, thanks.” No doubt he was the one Mace had spoken of when he said someone had wanted to pay the back taxes and get the land that way.
    The front door of the building opened, and a man in jeans and a red plaid shirt glanced around, removing his straw hat.
    “Can I help you?” Mace raced to the door to stop the land sale from being interrupted.
    “Yeah.” The man in red plaid nodded to Sarah and Leland. “I have a court injunction that’s been filed with the county to stop the sale of Elizabeth and Thomas Denning’s property. Maybe you should take a look at it before you go any farther.”
    The man was clearly ill-at-ease being there. That made Sarah curious. Before he could hand the injunction to Mace, she took it and quickly read the document.
    “This is crazy.” She looked at the newcomer. “Why are you doing this?”
    “Excuse me, ma’am.” The man in red plaid reached to shake her hand. “I’m Trent Waddington. I filed this injunction on behalf of my client, who prefers to remain anonymous.”
    Sarah shook his hand. “My grandparents have been missing for much longer than the requisite seven years needed to take over their business affairs as appointed by their sole surviving heir, my mother.”
    “That’s true,” Trent agreed. “But there’s the little matter of your grandparents actually being declared legally dead by the state. I couldn’t find a record of that, Ms. Tucker. If you have the paperwork, we can take care of that right now.”
    “Excuse me a moment.” Sarah asked to use Mace’s phone in his side office.
    She called her mother and asked about the formality that was holding up the deal.
    “I’m sure we filed that at the seven-year mark,” her mother said while she spoke to someone in her office. “Let me check that out and get back with you.”
    “Quickly, please. I’m standing here with the contract and the buyer.”
    “I’ll put Suzi on it right away. I should have an answer in the next five minutes.”
    Sarah put down the phone when her mother hung up. Suzi was her personal assistant. Surely the paperwork had been filed.
    She wondered about the anonymous client Trent was talking about, and an image formed in her mind. No doubt it was Jack trying to stop the sale at the last minute. But where would he come up with the money to hire a lawyer?
    “Probably offered to build his barn or something,” she muttered to herself.
    Mace tapped at the door and came into the room. “Well? Is there really a legal issue that’s preventing you from selling the farm?”
    “I don’t know yet,” she admitted. “My mother should’ve been the one to file that paperwork. She’ll get back to me as soon as she can.”
    He glanced toward the open room. “We could lose this sale, you know. Leland wants the property, but he won’t wait forever.”
    “I know. He wants it in time to get his money back in grants. But on the other hand, if this is only one of two spots on the river that can be used for the Blue Way, I think he’ll be a little patient while we check into this.”
    “I certainly hope so,” he said tartly before he left the small office.
    It only took another minute for the phone to ring. It was