What happened next was far less dramatic than I'd imagined.
The house paperwork took 2 months to finalize, and my lawyer recovered my share of the down payment and renovation costs. Milo didn't put up a fight. He signed every document without hesitation.
On the day the ownership transfer was completed, the agent told me Milo had already come in first thing that morning to sign his paperwork, so all I had to do was sign my name in the homeowner section.
When I turned to the last page, I noticed an extra line in the remarks section.
Former property owner, Milo Zachery, voluntarily waives all ownership rights to this property and reserves no right to legal recourse.
A yellow sticky note was attached beside it.
Nora, the house is yours. I changed the passcode to Copper's birthday.
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