One mystery solved: Deborah assumed Dad knew about Addy because he was executor of her trust. Did that mean we could go home now?
“I don’t understand,” Dad said, reaching for the paper.
That made two of us.
I know almost nothing about fancy financial doodads, but the whole thing felt a little off, as though it had been written by someone trying to sound like a lawyer rather than actually being one. The first red flag: I was pretty sure executors acted on wills, not trusts, though I couldn’t remember what the administrator of a trust was called. The second red flag: the letterhead was of a local notary rather than a legal firm. The notary had signed the letter. Below his signature was an Enclosure notation for a cashier’s check from the fund.
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