My Father’s Lawyer Handed Me a Folder and Said “He Changed Everything Six Days Before He Died”

Steady. Professional. Not unkind, but not warm either.

“Okay,” I said. I didn’t know what else to say.

Phil Mendoza, my dad’s accountant, unmuted himself. “Debra, the total value of the trust, including real property and liquid assets, is just under four point two million.”

The number sat there.

Four point two million dollars.

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