The lawsuit moved faster than anyone expected. Marty filed photographs, surveys, maintenance records, county maps, and decades of documentation proving the driveway belonged entirely to me. The Harpers responded with engineers, consultants, and a legal team that seemed determined to argue that confidence was a substitute for evidence.

Fifteen days after filing, we sat in a packed courtroom while the judge reviewed the documents. Daniel Harper still looked certain he would win. Then the judge finished reading the final survey report, removed his glasses, and asked a question that instantly changed the entire case…