Tammy snatched the paper, her eyes scanning it frantically. “This is impossible. This is… forgery.”
“It’s not,” I said calmly. “The lawyer confirmed it all this morning. Arthur’s trust controlled the asset. And now, I control the trust.”
I tapped a second document. “This is the eviction notice. You have forty-eight hours to vacate the premises.”
Randy’s face turned a blotchy red. “You can’t do this! Where are we supposed to go?”
A slow smile spread across my face, the first genuine one I’d felt in months. “I told you. You have new rooms.”
I pointed down the dingy, linoleum-floored hallway. “Room 10B is available. And 10C right next to it. They’re a bit smaller than you’re used to.”
“You want us to live… here?” Tammy shrieked, her voice echoing in the quiet hall.
“It was good enough for me,” I replied, my voice dangerously soft.
“And one more thing,” I added, enjoying the utter panic in their eyes. “The money from my house sale? The one you managed so ‘helpfully’?”
I let the question hang in the air. “The bank has frozen all your accounts pending an investigation into elder financial abuse.”
Randy opened and closed his mouth like a fish, but no sound came out.
“So, you have no house, no money, and no credit cards,” I concluded. “But you do have a roof over your head. Welcome to Pineview.”
They didn’t move for a full minute, just stared at me as if I’d grown a second head.
Then, the reality crashed down on them, and the fight drained out, replaced by a dawning horror.
Their first night in Pineview was everything they had forced upon me.
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