The morning frost clung to the manicured boxwood hedges of the Hayes estate on Mercer Island on Monday morning as an official courier from Seattle First Commercial Bank walked up the flagstone steps. Gwen Hayes stood in the grand reception foyer, dressed in an emerald wool dressing gown, her hands trembling as she signed the electronic delivery tablet. The courier handed her a thick, certified legal packet bound with the…
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