Fifteen Years After My Father Changed the Locks, He Seated Me at Table Twenty-Two

The line had been left empty.

Not initialed.

Not witnessed.

“My father doesn’t sign amendments unless he gets total obedience in return,” I said.

Betty made a small sound through her nose.

“Then he got sloppy.”

I read the page twice.

The amendment referred to an attachment, Exhibit C, part of an estate planning packet for Clare Ulette Vance.