hrimsher (2000), 140 N.C.App. 135, 138, 535 S.E.2d 594 [""19] (applying principles governing interpretation of contracts when construing a release); Adder v. Holman & Moody, Inc. (1975), 288 N.C. 484, 492, 219 S.E.2d 190. rP391 Nevertheless, Hanlin-Rainaldi asserts that it was not the parties' intention