video statement.”
My attorney nodded.
“Correct, Your Honor.”
The judge looked toward my parents’ lawyer.
“Have you reviewed the recording?”
The attorney hesitated.
“Yes.”
“Then you heard Mrs. Bennett explain exactly why she made these decisions.”
Silence.
The video had been devastating.
Grandma sat in her favorite chair, perfectly lucid, speaking clearly.
No confusion.
No pressure.
No coercion.
Just truth.
She looked directly into the camera and said:
“My granddaughter Olivia is the only member of this family who treated me like a person instead of an estate.”
That sentence
