Andrew held up the deed Brooke had presented. \u201cThis document says I signed it as trustee. I didn\u2019t.\u201d Even worse, its notary stamp belonged to a woman who had retired two years earlier. The county had flagged the filing immediately. Since I inherited the property, the house had been protected by a trust, meaning nobody could legally sell or transfer it without Andrew\u2019s approval. Brooke suddenly claimed there were debts, but Andrew confirmed Edith and Frank had owed nothing.<\/p>\n
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What Brooke didn\u2019t know was that I had been warned three weeks earlier that she was asking a document preparer about deeds. Andrew alerted the county recorder and told me to let Brooke continue. That was why I promised to leave by Friday\u2014I wanted her to arrive with the movers. Then Andrew produced an email chain. Brooke had paid the document preparer $8,000 to forge his signature, while Mom had provided the supposed \u201cold records.\u201d The preparer had already been arrested that morning. Then Dad lowered his head and made a confession nobody expected.<\/p>\n
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