“Dad, fear doesn’t give you permission to use somebody else’s name.”

His eyes filled.

“I know.”

I wasn’t sure he did.

Not yet.

That evening, Rebecca arranged a consultation with an attorney experienced in identity-theft and financial fraud matters.

We also made sure the federal investigator who’d delivered the preservation notice knew I was disputing accounts connected to Northbridge.

I wasn’t asking a federal investigator to decide my family relationships.