CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

She said as long as services were still being delivered, timing and structure didn’t matter. We were supposed to replace some of it after the housing grant came through. Then expenses got ahead of us. Then the tax situation got messy. I wasn’t—”

He broke off.

“I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.”

There are sentences prosecutors hear so often they develop continue reading …