“Sign the deed or I’ll sn:a:p your arm right here!” my brother screamed while slamming me against the truck outside Sunset Lavender Co. as our parents watched without emotion.

after my lawyer, Amanda Cortez, discovered Garrett’s catastrophic crypto losses and the financial storm surrounding my family, she sat me down in her Manhattan office for a brutal reality check.

“Sienna, your family is coming for this property,” Amanda warned two weeks earlier. “Your father handled the original deed transfer sloppily. If Garrett’s creditors continue reading …