“You can’t manage your own finances anymore. We’ve already handled that.”
That was the sentence I had been waiting to hear. For three months, I had pretended not to notice missing statements, unfamiliar notarizations, and the way Roderick kept urging me to sign “routine retirement papers.”
He thought age had made me slow. In truth, I had built Wexford Senior Communities from one struggling care home into a company worth eighty-four million dollars.
I knew exactly how thieves disguised theft as paperwork. I stood, removed the ridiculous hat, and looked toward the frosted-glass doors.
Two silhouettes had just appeared beyond them. “You’re right, Roderick,” I said.
“Someone has been handling my finances. Tonight, we tell everyone who—and why the police are here.”
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