“We can fix all of this if you just come home and sit down with us without lawyers,” she said.

“We can’t fix it,” I said.

“You let him take ten thousand dollars out of my cabin savings to buy Chelsea a new car.”

“He was trying to keep your sister’s credit score from dropping,” Eleanor said.

“He was using my hard work to pay for her life,” I said.

“I love you, Mom, but I’m never going back to the way things were.”

The line stayed silent for five long seconds.