“She breaks it.”
“Then document.”
“I did.”
“Good.”
Michael asked for deed records.
Survey.
Subdivision plat.
Old road maps.
The next afternoon, Garrett brought everything to his office.
They spread the documents across a conference table.
The ranch boundary was clear.
The road lay entirely inside Garrett’s parcel.
No recorded public right-of-way.
No HOA easement.
No utility easement matching the route.
No subdivision access right.
Michael traced the line with one finger.
“This is yours.”
“I knew that.”
“I know.”
Michael looked up.
“But now I know it too.”
They ordered an updated boundary survey anyway.
Garrett wanted no ambiguity.
A licensed surveyor came two days later.
Set new visible markers.
Confirmed the road remained well inside the ranch.
Garrett also contacted the county planning office about replacing the wooden entry with a masonry-and-steel agricultural gate structure.
The county required setback compliance and a basic permit for the masonry sections.
Garrett submitted drawings.
He did not build first and ask questions later.
That detail would become important when Victoria tried to challenge the project.
The permit was approved.
That was the same morning Garrett found the new tire tracks and the gate crooked again.
The decision he had been postponing became obvious.
He was done repairing wood.
Garrett spent much of his life building things.
Fences.
Barns.
Cattle shelters.