Richard made a choking sound that might have been a sob. “Mom, you don’t mean that.”
“I absolutely do. And Richard, stop calling me. If you want to communicate, do it through our lawyer.”
I hung up before he could respond, my hands shaking with adrenaline and righteous anger.Plan Family Trips
“How do you feel?” Blaine asked gently.
“Free,” I said, and meant it. “For the first time in 15 years, I feel completely free.”
The court proceedings stretched on for months, but the outcome was never really in doubt once Sarah’s investigator uncovered the extent of Richard’s deception.
The forged death certificates, the fabricated medical records, the illegally transferred business assets, it was all there in black and white. A paper trail of systematic fraud that Richard couldn’t explain away.
During his deposition, he tried several different strategies. First, he claimed he genuinely believed we were dead and had only been trying to preserve the family business.
