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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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just in case.”

Attorney.

The word tugged at a dusty corner of my memory.

“There’s a trust attorney,” I said slowly. “My grandmother’s attorney. Clayton Hughes. I don’t really talk to him, but I think the paperwork says he’s supposed to be listed for financial stuff.”

Jackie paused with her pen.

“Financial stuff?”

“Educational trust. My grandma set it up continue reading …

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