alone had shattered most of their case.
But they filed anyway.
Because $4.7 million makes people believe impossible things.
My mother suddenly stood.
“Your Honor, she manipulated my mother!”
The judge looked unimpressed.
“Do you have evidence?”
“She was always around her!”
“Yes,” the judge replied. “That generally happens when people visit their relatives.”
Laughter rippled through the gallery.
My mother’s face reddened.
My father stood next.
“She turned our own mother against us.”
The judge leaned back.
“Mr. Bennett, according to these records, your mother spent over eight
