My daughter-in-law laughed as she gave me a $2 scratch-off for my 73rd birthday. Ten months later, my own son shoved a senior living brochure in front of me and said, “We already picked your room.” They thought I was too old to fight back. They had no idea what I had been hiding.

We will reply with the facts.”

“Can she actually undo the purchase?”

“Anyone can make allegations.

Whether they have merit is another question.

We won’t assume a threatening letter is a court order.”

I nodded.

I was beginning to learn not to treat every confident sentence from a lawyer as a final judgment.

Richard sent a measured response asking them to specify any actual claim and directing future legal communications to his office.