“I never said you didn’t help with the house,” Margaret said.

“You told me the extra eighty-two dollars every month was paying your electric bill,” I said.

“The bank records show that money went into a secondary credit account in Caroline’s name.”

Margaret’s fingers twitched against her cloth napkin.

“Caroline needed help with her car repairs last summer.

Family members help each other out when there’s a need.”

“You took three thousand dollars of my house money and handed it to Caroline, all while telling me my own daughter was taking up too much room at your holiday table,” I said.

Margaret slid her folded paper across the table and laid it right on top of the notarized bank ledger.