Sam opened the ledger on top of the pile.  He glanced over at Irene and smiled.<br/><br/>“I see you’re a natural at this detecting work Irene....and I like those flowers too.”<br/><br/>He patted her hand and then withdrew it to scroll down the page to the last date entered for the property Misses Cruz had given him on the card.<br/><br/>“Marcus Smith holds the deed currently with no lein.  He bought your ranch two years ago. I wonder how Mr’ Smith acquired enough money to own it outright.  Irene...I’m going to read what’s here and then add my questions or comments.  It would be great if you could make those notes for me in brackets...you chime in too if you think of anything.  His name mean anything to you?  Jot it down if it does.  Moving on...”<br/><br/>He moved to the next marked page.  He scrolled down again and found an entry.<br/><br/>“There’s one entry here Irene...looks to be a year or so after your husband’s death...am I right?”  He turned the ledger so she could read where his finger rested.  “Josiah Carter is the name , and Josiah looks to be independently wealthy as well since there’s no mortgage lien recorded.  That date or name ring up any memories darlin’?  I don’t want to cause you any additional grief but can you explain to me why you didn’t get anything from the sale of the ranch?  It just doesn’t sit well with me...you as Tim’s spouse should still have received some benefit from his estate even if you couldn’t own the land....and if you didn’t get any proceeds who got ‘em?”<br/><br/>He paused in thought.  Sam remembered something Irene had said in passing.<br/><br/>“This is not a quiz honey, but before I go to the next entry I want to hear what you know and what you were told about the original sale of the land.”<br/>