Yet I had failed to read the spending alerts because work meetings in Germany lasted late into the night.

Julian circled a merchant name on a statement.

“The fact that someone was permitted to purchase groceries doesn’t automatically mean every purchase was lawful.

But a bad decision and a provable crime are different things.

We’ll need the agreement, the messages, the card terms, and Maya’s account of what she was told.”
He made no promises of instant arrests.

Instead he called the hospital social worker and asked whether we could discuss a safety plan and the appropriate process for reporting suspected financial exploitation and neglect.

He offered to accompany us if Maya wanted.