Chapter 12 - EVELYN’S ORIGINAL PLAN
Evelyn had anticipated sibling imbalance.
Her memorandum was blunt.
Robert gave me a copy.
Karen tends to convert temporary difficulty into permanent entitlement.
Daniel tends to convert competence into silence.
I almost smiled.
She had known them.
Then:
Neither pattern should be transferred to grandchildren.
The trust therefore required independent subaccounts when grandchildren reached ten.
Emma would turn ten in fourteen months.
At that point:
Her portion of Daniel’s branch would be separately tracked.
Any past inter-branch transfers would be reviewed.
That timing mattered.
Karen knew.
Scott knew.
The remaining money in Karen’s branch was declining.
One final standing authorization had been drafted.
Up to:
$600,000.
Not yet submitted.
Purpose:
Family educational, housing, medical, and emergency equalization.
Donor branch:
Daniel.
Beneficiary acknowledgment:
Emma’s family representative.
Me.
My signature line was blank.
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Beside the file, investigators found a scanned copy of my signature from Emma’s school registration.
I nearly vomited.
