Chapter 8\u00a0<\/p>\n
The video cut off there. Marcus told me the rest later.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That night, they found Bryson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was at a gambling parlor, playing cards. He\u2019d lost everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When the legal team tracked him down, he was still acting tough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho the hell are you people? You want me to call the cops?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Cash, I suggest you read this document carefully.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcus handed him the notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re implicated in forgery, unlawful transfer of assets, and suspected fraud. That\u2019s civil liability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we find evidence of foul play in your mother\u2019s prior husbands\u2018 deaths, that becomes criminal liability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson\u2019s face changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat prior husbands? My dad died of a heart attack!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father was in good health before marrying your mother. Three years into the marriage, he died suddenly of heart failure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSix months before his death, all of his assets were transferred into your mother\u2019s name. How much of that process were you aware of?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson opened his mouth. Nothing came out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd your mother\u2019s first husband. We\u2019re pulling records from that time. If there are irregularities, law enforcement will open an investigation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson slumped in his chair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know\u2026 I swear I didn\u2019t know\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cStellar Wealth Management was registered under your name. The eight hundred thousand was deposited into your account. The house was transferred into your name. You didn\u2019t know any of it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was all my mom! She told me to do it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you\u2019re admitting it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson froze, realizing he\u2019d said too much.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marcus signaled his associate to turn off the recorder.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Cash, I\u2019m going to give you one chance. If you\u2019re willing to cooperate\u2013tell us everything you know and help us recover the assets\u2013we can consider reducing your liability in the lawsuit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my mom\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour mother will face her own consequences. You\u2019re an adult. You have independent legal capacity. What you did, you\u2019re responsible for.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
12:46 O\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stepmom Cut My Funds? Should\u2019ve Asked My Big Shot Grandpa First\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryann was allent for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine 18 talk.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryan\u2019s testimony was more than we\u2019d expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The money the eight hundred thousand\u2013hadn\u2019t been invested in anything\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part of it went to jewelry, bags, and clothes for Melinda.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Part of it Bryson gambled away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rest was transferred to another account\u2013one Melinda had opened under her second husband\u2019s name, still holding money he\u2019d left behind.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The house was the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson admitted that on the day of the transfer, he\u2019d forged my signature.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad had been there but hadn\u2019t signed anything\u2013just said \u201cI agree.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour dad was already completely under my mom\u2019s thumb by then,\u201d Bryson said. \u201cShe\u2019d cry, and he\u2019d fold. He did whatever she wanted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did she manage that?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSame old playbook. First, she\u2019s sweet and caring. Then she slowly takes control of the money. Then she cuts off his social circle\u2013his friends, his relatives. My mom would find ways to offend them, make sure they stopped coming around. Eventually, your dad had no one left but her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Listening to this, I felt a chill run through me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wasn\u2019t that exactly what had happened in the years after Mom died?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad\u2019s old friends, his coworkers\u2013one by one, they stopped coming by.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d asked him why once. He said they were busy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s what it was.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about your mom\u2019s first two husbands?\u201d Marcus asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson hesitated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know about the first one. The second one\u2026 my dad\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He paused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad was healthy before they got married. After the wedding, he started eating the meals my mom made, taking all these supplements she gave him. Then slowly, he got worse.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you suspect your mother poisoned him?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryson looked down. \u201cBut before my dad died, he told me to stay away from her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The room went quiet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 8\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Dad found out all of this, le completely fell apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That iught, after the legal team left, he sat alone on the living room couch, Sat there all night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next morning. Melinda found him locked in his study, not eating, not drinking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She called through the door, knocked, cried, shouted,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad wouldn\u2019t open it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That afternoon, Dad called me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRenee. I\u2019m sorry. Your mom\u2019s house, your mom\u2019s money\u2013I didn\u2019t protect them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice was shaking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen your mom died, I promised her I\u2019d take care of you. I didn\u2019t keep that promise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRenee, I\u2019m not asking you to forgive me. I just want you to know\u2013I know I was wrong.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I gripped my phone, didn\u2019t know what to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Three and a half years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mom had been gone three and a half years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What had Dad done in that time?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He watched Melinda put Mom\u2019s photo away. Didn\u2019t say a word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He watched Melinda transfer my house to Bryson\u2019s name. Said \u201cI agree.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He watched my savings get transferred out. Called it an investment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He listened to Melinda and cut off my allowance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was my dad. My actual dad.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But he\u2019d never done a single thing for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRenee?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m listening.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRenee, can you come home? I want to see you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was silent for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. We\u2019ll talk after everything\u2019s settled.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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