Rather than face a lengthy trial, she accepted a plea agreement involving probation, mandatory community service, and full restitution to Victor’s estate for the money taken from the joint account.
To meet the restitution obligation, she had to sell her vehicle and part with much of her jewelry.
Mason’s financial life collapsed as well.
Once my monthly assistance disappeared and the inheritance he had expected turned out not to exist, his girlfriend left him.
He moved into a small one-bedroom apartment on the edge of town and began working two retail jobs to pay his debts.
Chloe chose a different path.
She cooperated fully with investigators and admitted she knew Victor had been neglected but had been too cowardly to challenge our mother.
I didn’t completely remove her from my life.
But I never returned to the relationship we had before.
There was a boundary between us now.
