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cnu-When I woke up from spinal surgery, I expected to see my parents waiting beside my hospital bed with flowers and tears, but instead a trust attorney stood at the foot of the bed and said, “Celestine, your parents transferred $31,247.83 out of your grandmother’s educational trust while you were under anesthesia” — and when he showed me the text my mother sent at 9:39 a.m., the seven words were colder than the operating room: “Do it now while she can’t check.”

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Clayton sent me the transcript after Vanessa testified. I read it in the Matthews guest room, propped against lavender pillows with a plastic medication organizer on my nightstand and a bowl of grapes Linda had cut in half because she said people in pain forget to eat.

The transcript looked boring at first.

Court reporter formatting has a way of making continue reading …

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