Mara placed another document on the table.
“Claire changed her medical proxy, emergency contacts, and estate documents last month. None of you have authority over her care, money, apartment, or medical decisions.”
Mom stared at me as if I had betrayed her.
“You cut us out?”
“No,” I said. “You did that when you priced my life at sixty-five thousand dollars.”
Dad was taken out first.
His face twisted with disbelief, like consequences were something that happened to other people on television.
“This is your fault,” he barked as they led him toward the door.
I met his eyes.
“No. This is evidence.”
Evan was arrested two days later after investigators connected him to identity theft, forged loan applications, and illegal betting debts.
The people he owed money to disappeared the moment police started asking questions.
Cowards recognize a sinking ship.
Mom was not arrested that day, but she lost the house.
Dad’s legal bills ate their savings.
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