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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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Q: Did you know about the Betty Lewis Educational Trust?

A: Yes.

Q: How did you learn about it?

A: Mom told me.

Q: Did you ever discuss using funds from that trust?

A: I mean, maybe. Not seriously.

Q: What did you say?

A: That Celestine had money just sitting there and I was drowning.

I stopped reading.

Money just sitting there.

That continue reading …

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