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“The boat is in both of our names. I want to sell it.”
“Then sell it,” she said. “You got it all in the divorce.”
This didn’t make sense to her. They’d just bought the boat a few months prior to her leaving. She hadn’t even thought much of it, let alone that her name was on it.
“I didn’t have it listed in the divorce and the bank is giving me a hard time. I’ve got the papers with me. I just need your damn signature and then I’m out of here.” Tanner walked away to go back to his room.
“Don’t sign anything without looking it over,” Christian said. “Do you have a lawyer?”
“Just my divorce one,” she said. “Not one I can call right now for this.”
“Let me call Brina,” Dylan said, having overheard and moved closer. “Her office is around the corner. I’m sure if she’s not in court she’ll come over.”
“I can’t ask you to do that,” she said. These people barely knew her.
“You’re not asking,” Dylan said. “I am. My sister-in-law loves me. She’d never say no.” Dylan pulled his phone out, she heard him talking and then he hung up. “She’s on her way. Fifteen minutes tops.”
Tanner returned by then with an envelope in his hands. “Here. Just sign everything.”
“No,” she said. “I need to read it.”
“It’s simple enough,” Tanner said. “It’s two pieces of paper. Even you can figure it out.”
They moved to sit down in the chairs off to the side. She was going to ignore his words. Dylan had walked outside and Tanner didn’t seem to think anything of it. There was no threat in her mind, but she wouldn’t tell Christian to leave either.
She was taking her time and she knew Tanner was getting pissed. This didn’t make sense to her for a simple boat loan.
Brina walked in. “Liz. Let me check it out.”
“Who’s this?” Tanner said.
“Her attorney,” Brina said. “I’m going to read this over before she signs anything. Have a seat, Mr. Carter. It won’t take long.”
Tanner’s face got red. “You called your attorney for this?”
Liz didn’t bother to say a word and handed the papers over to Brina.
“It says here that you owe him half the loan on this,” Brina said after a minute. “Is that true?”
“No,” she said. “I didn’t know my name was on the loan. I mean I didn’t remember it. I left with nothing but my clothes. He got the house and everything that I gave him, which was a lot of money over the years. If I owe half the loan, then I should get half the profits from the sale.”
“You should,” Brina said. “What are you selling this for?”
“That’s not your concern,” Tanner said.
“I believe it is. Here is my card. Liz won’t be signing anything today. I need to read over the conditions of her divorce settlement. If you want her to sign over her name for you to sell this, that would be signing the title only. You know that and I know that. That’s not what this is about. Do not call Liz or make any attempt to contact her. Everything will go through me or my office.”
“You can’t do that,” Tanner said. “I’ve done nothing wrong.”
Dylan had walked back in and Tanner finally noticed him.
“You know what you did. A lot of people know. I’m not afraid of you. If what you want is for me to sign the title to the boat, then give it to me. But I don’t need to do anything else. Once you sell the boat you can pay it off.”
She wasn’t sure how it didn’t come up that she had a loan in her name when she got her mortgage, but no one said a word to her about it. Which just told her it couldn’t be that much.
“I’ll be drawing up the paperwork to submit to your bank that Liz has no liability toward the boat once she signs this. I’ll be sending along the copies of your divorce papers as well,” Brina said. “As soon as I’m back to my office.”
“Wait here,” Tanner said, storming out.
