“He is dead. We’re alive now, and we have to deal with that,” said the angel who appeared before him at the trial.The angel visited the young man in the court room to help him contest his father’s will. Way too much of the estate went to the young man’s stepmother and half-sister who sat at the table parallel to his as defendants. “You can’t just keep quiet about it,” said the angel. “After all, you’re too broke to hire a lawyer, you’re already defending yourself, and if it comes down to it, you’re going to have to deal with your family in an extreme and dangerous way.” The young man was fascinated with the transparency of the angel. He looked real and sounded real, as he now sat next to him and whispered into his ear, “one has to fight in this life for every penny he can get. You don’t

