“Do you need some time to—”
“I’ll sign,” I said.
* * *
I imagine this is news to you, our financial arrangement. Daniel’s other relatives were certainly aware of it. They didn’t come lecture me anymore. I dutifully paid my share for twenty years. Until receiving a letter from the law firm of Cohen, Sachs, and Silver. It stated my “fiduciary obligations were now satisfied in full.” I remember the sentence vividly because of how unnecessary the words “in full” were at the end of it. Lawyers, it would seem, are their own worst editors.
* * *
I never did exercise my legal right to ask questions and receive answers about you. Or to request a visit. I don’t have a good explanation. By good I mean one that differs from what I’ve already told you, that you were Daniel’s responsibility. Under
