I Came Home After Four Years Working Abroad and Found My Wife Starving in Our Backyard—Then My Mother Asked About the Money I Hadn’t Told Her Was Fake

The exact counts changed before resolution.

Normal.

Selina’s lawyer argued Phoebe was not legally dependent on her.

That she was free to leave.

That household disputes had been exaggerated after Damian returned.

That money was freely given.

Some of that had factual support.

Phoebe had not been physically locked in.