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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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At 10:05, the bank confirmed what he already understood: no trustee authorization, non-beneficiary receiving account, possible financial exploitation.

At 10:15, he called the hospital and asked for the patient advocate’s office.

“There is a financial exploitation issue involving a patient currently under anesthesia,” he said.

Thirty-five minutes later,continue reading …

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