After my grandpa’s funeral, I didn’t tell my parents that he had left me $20M; I’m glad I kept it a secret, because a week later, what he revealed about their past… shocked me to the core.

exactly like someone whose books had just been selected for audit.

What followed came out later through depositions and filings.

Derek called Linda after the conference.

“They’re going to pull the property records. My name is on the notary chain.”

“Kevin’s name is on the notary chain. This isn’t just a civil dispute anymore.”

“Hold your nerve,” Linda said.

“We’ll say Harold authorized everything verbally.”

“Verbal authorization from a man with Parkinson’s who couldn’t hold a pen. That’s not going to fly.”

Kevin Rudd, Derek’s friend who had notarized the