{"id":11789,"date":"2026-09-16T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11789"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:04:15","slug":"part-8-shane-finally-admitted-the-signature-was-forged-but-the-document-he-feared-most-carried-my-mothers-name-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11789","title":{"rendered":"PART 8 \u2013 Shane Finally Admitted the Signature Was Forged, but the Document He Feared Most Carried My Mother\u2019s Name Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia made a sound I had never heard from her before.<\/p>\n<p>Not a cry.<\/p>\n<p>Not a gasp.<\/p>\n<p>Something lower, pulled from a place beyond language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou forged Misty\u2019s name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane looked toward the street instead of at us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was going to repay everything before anybody saw the paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is what every terrible decision sounds like after it fails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He glared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think I don\u2019t know I screwed up?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you still call it screwing up because saying what you actually did is harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia stepped toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you sign?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane rubbed both hands over his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou came here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause I need help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need a lawyer,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n<p>He laughed once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t afford one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were trying to borrow two hundred twenty thousand dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat wasn\u2019t for a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. It was apparently for whoever just drove past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep your voice down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fear in that response changed the air.<\/p>\n<p>I looked toward the neighboring houses.<\/p>\n<p>Curtains closed.<\/p>\n<p>Cars parked.<\/p>\n<p>A child\u2019s bicycle lying on a lawn two doors down.<\/p>\n<p>Everything looked ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are they?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe arranged financing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBridge loans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProjects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat projects?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me with exhausted hatred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou won\u2019t understand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia whispered, \u201cTell us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane finally looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI borrowed money to buy into renovation deals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat part I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne worked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe one Aaron paid you for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou talked to Aaron?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMisty did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He swore under his breath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to the money Aaron paid?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane looked away.<\/p>\n<p>I already knew part of the answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His eyes snapped toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho told you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt matters to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently a lot of things matter to you after you\u2019ve hidden them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stepped closer.<\/p>\n<p>I did not move.<\/p>\n<p>For one tense second Patricia moved between us.<\/p>\n<p>The absurdity struck me.<\/p>\n<p>She was protecting me from the son she had nearly given my house to.<\/p>\n<p>Shane backed off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was winning at first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There it was.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of every story like his.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI doubled some of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t a number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He laughed bitterly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou all love numbers now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Numbers are useful. They don\u2019t change depending on who needs sympathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His jaw tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia said, \u201cMichelle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. We are done making facts sound cruel because Shane doesn\u2019t like them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My brother stared at the pavement.<\/p>\n<p>Then he said, \u201cI lost around eighty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEighty thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia grabbed the side of the car.<\/p>\n<p>I felt strangely calm.<\/p>\n<p>The figure was enormous, but after the week we had just lived, shock had limits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did the replacement money come from?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLoans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBanks?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Rick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat kind of lender is Rick?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe connects people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane\u2019s face hardened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need the answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen stop asking me to put my house at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He closed his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>When he spoke again, his voice was lower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI borrowed against contracts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat contracts?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFuture sale proceeds. Business interests. Whatever they would accept.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Misty\u2019s signature?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne lender required spousal guarantees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you forged her name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many times?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped before he answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia whispered a prayer.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Mom\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He became very still.<\/p>\n<p>That was all I needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many times did you sign Mom\u2019s name?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>He shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShane.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome documents were based on forms she already signed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s warning returned immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Sticky tabs.<\/p>\n<p>Pages covered.<\/p>\n<p>Authorizations my mother did not understand.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled out my phone.<\/p>\n<p>Shane saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are you calling?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stepped toward me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I lifted the phone higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBack up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle, if you bring lawyers into this, everything gets worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything is already worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor you, maybe it\u2019s paperwork. For me, it\u2019s my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Misty\u2019s name is on guarantees she never signed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He lowered his voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf she reports that, I\u2019m finished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>For once, there was no sibling irritation left in me.<\/p>\n<p>Only clarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is her decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d let me go to prison?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The question was so revealing that I almost answered too quickly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are asking the wrong person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAct like you\u2019re better because you follow every rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia said, \u201cShane, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. She loves this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I almost smiled at the absurdity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou think I love learning that my brother tried to take my daughter\u2019s property to cover forged guarantees and gambling losses?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou finally get to be right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I shook my head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI finally stopped agreeing to be wrong so everyone else could stay comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He had no response.<\/p>\n<p>I called Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>He answered.<\/p>\n<p>I told him enough to make his voice change immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Shane there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas anyone threatened anyone?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not destroy, alter, or hand over any documents. If Shane attempts to take them or becomes aggressive, call law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shane swore and walked toward his car.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell him to wait,\u201d Daniel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not physically stop him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I watched my brother get into his vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia called his name.<\/p>\n<p>He ignored her.<\/p>\n<p>Then he reversed out of the driveway and disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel asked me to repeat exactly what Shane had admitted.<\/p>\n<p>I did.<\/p>\n<p>Forged signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Three for Misty.<\/p>\n<p>Possible misuse of Patricia\u2019s signed forms.<\/p>\n<p>Rick.<\/p>\n<p>Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The black sedan.<\/p>\n<p>When I finished, Daniel was quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichelle, I need Patricia to come to my office now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd ask her to bring every identification document and signature sample she has. Old tax returns, bank forms, anything containing verified signatures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia looked terrified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel answered through the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we need to determine whether documents have been executed in your name without authorization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We left the house ten minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>On the way, Patricia sat rigid in the passenger seat.<\/p>\n<p>At a stoplight, she whispered, \u201cI did this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped create the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She flinched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Shane made his choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was always difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat isn\u2019t the same as being helpless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought if I helped enough, he would settle down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I kept my eyes on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid it ever work?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did not answer.<\/p>\n<p>At Daniel\u2019s office, a paralegal scanned Patricia\u2019s documents while Daniel contacted Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p>Within an hour, they had assembled several filings connected to Shane\u2019s financing inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Most contained legitimate signatures from Patricia.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rebecca found one that did not.<\/p>\n<p>It was not a deed.<\/p>\n<p>It was worse in another way.<\/p>\n<p>A consent document.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia\u2019s name appeared beneath language stating that she authorized Shane Dunn to negotiate financing using her interest in the Larkin Street property.<\/p>\n<p>My mother stared at the signature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t sign that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel placed one of her tax returns beside it.<\/p>\n<p>The difference was subtle.<\/p>\n<p>Good enough to fool someone looking casually.<\/p>\n<p>Not good enough under comparison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you certain?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCould you have signed it without reading?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow are you certain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She pointed at the date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in Arizona with Linda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aunt Linda had taken her there for a church retreat.<\/p>\n<p>I remembered the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia had been gone six days.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat gives us something concrete to verify.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s voice came through speakerphone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s another problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consent references an attached schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel flipped through the scanned file.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sending it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The email arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel opened the attachment.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody spoke while he read.<\/p>\n<p>Then he turned the monitor toward us.<\/p>\n<p>The schedule listed assets potentially available as security.<\/p>\n<p>Our house was first.<\/p>\n<p>Patricia\u2019s small retirement account was second.<\/p>\n<p>A vehicle was third.<\/p>\n<p>Then came something I did not recognize.<\/p>\n<p>Dunn Family Education Account.<\/p>\n<p>I frowned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia went pale.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel noticed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She covered her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shook her head slowly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the education account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was your father\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor whom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her eyes filled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Emily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHoward opened it when she was little.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much is in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia started crying.<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much was in it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She whispered, \u201cAbout seventy thousand when he died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I could not speak.<\/p>\n<p>Dad had left money for Emily\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody had told me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is it now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My voice came out flat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou were trustee?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened to it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used some.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room seemed to tilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat expenses?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Howard died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel intervened gently but firmly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatricia, we need account statements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI closed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My hands went numb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou closed Emily\u2019s education account last year?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought I could replace it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She looked down.<\/p>\n<p>I already knew.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia began crying harder.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>I could not sit beside her anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou planned to replace Emily\u2019s money with money from the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought there was plenty of equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much did you take?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She could not answer.<\/p>\n<p>I walked to the window.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel asked the question for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much remained when you closed the account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia whispered, \u201cEight thousand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My breath caught.<\/p>\n<p>More than sixty thousand dollars was gone.<\/p>\n<p>Dad\u2019s money.<\/p>\n<p>Emily\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>Another reserve my family had quietly treated as available because I was dependable and Emily was only one child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere did it go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome to bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much to Shane?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop saying that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My voice was louder than I intended.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know enough to hide things. You know enough to promise him a house. You know enough to close an account. You know enough to tell me Dad wanted Shane to inherit property when Dad wrote the exact opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face crumpled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me how much of Emily\u2019s money you gave him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia pressed both hands against her cheeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe forty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForty thousand?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded.<\/p>\n<p>The number landed harder than all the others.<\/p>\n<p>Not because it was the largest.<\/p>\n<p>Because it belonged to my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say he needed it for?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas that before or after the betting started?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel quietly asked, \u201cWho had authority over the education account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia looked toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone else?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas Michelle named as successor trustee or beneficiary representative?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said over the speaker, \u201cI may have a copy of the original trust reference in the closing file.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel leaned toward the phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We waited.<\/p>\n<p>The silence felt unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>Two minutes later, Rebecca returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe account was established for Emily Dunn\u2019s education, with Patricia Dunn as acting custodian after Howard\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I closed my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also a restriction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat restriction?\u201d Daniel asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithdrawals above ten thousand dollars require written acknowledgment from Michelle Dunn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I opened my eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never signed anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia went absolutely still.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel asked, \u201cPatricia?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shook her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never asked her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen how were the withdrawals processed?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody answered.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said she would contact the institution that had held the account.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel turned toward my mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Shane ever help you with paperwork related to Emily\u2019s account?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>Then I watched another memory reach her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her voice shook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe brought forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I felt cold from head to toe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat forms?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said the bank needed updated authorization because Howard was dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s expression tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you sign them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid Michelle?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room was silent.<\/p>\n<p>My mother whispered, \u201cBut there was another signature line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nobody moved.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought the bank already had yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My stomach dropped.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel asked carefully, \u201cAre you saying a document may exist bearing Michelle\u2019s signature even though Michelle never signed it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patricia nodded.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time that day, the possibility of forgery entered the room.<\/p>\n<p>But this time the name was mine.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca\u2019s voice came through the speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m contacting the bank now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my mother.<\/p>\n<p>Then at the schedule listing Emily\u2019s education account as an asset.<\/p>\n<p>Shane had not only been trying to seize the house.<\/p>\n<p>He had already been reaching into funds Dad had created for my daughter.<\/p>\n<p>And somewhere in those records might be a signature pretending I had agreed.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=11790\">Click here to continue reading: PART 9: The Bank Found My Supposed Signature on Emily\u2019s Account, and One Tiny Mistake Proved I Had Never Put It There<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patricia made a sound I had never heard from her before. Not a cry. Not a gasp. 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