Then Mr. Lawson, Dad’s estate attorney, appeared from the side hallway.
I had not asked him to attend.
Dad had arranged that himself.
His final instruction had been very specific.
If my adoption was ever used as a reason to exclude me at a family event funded by his trust, the trustee was required to witness it personally.
Mr. Lawson had been standing near the bar for the last twenty minutes.
He placed a folder on the table.
“Mrs. Bennett, the trust distribution for tonight is revoked. The remaining family
