I built the foundation for your career.”

“I surrendered my Oregon license plates at the Sacramento auto registry this afternoon,” I said.

“The car is now registered under California law in my name alone.”

“You had no authority to re-register that vehicle without my consent,” he said.

“I have sole legal authority,” I said.

“I’ve also recorded every phone call, text message, voicemail timestamp, and bank attempt from the last eight days in my structural engineering logbook.”

“You’re building legal case files on your own family?” he asked.