My Parents Chose a Birthday Dinner Over My Family’s Funeral—Then They Asked for Thirty Percent of the $18.7 Million Settlement

“It feels like a price,” I said.

“I know.”

He let the silence remain.

There was no obligation to settle.

There was also no guarantee a trial would give me an answer I found less painful.

We discussed the evidence, the risks, the time, and what a resolution could accomplish.

I did not make the decision in that meeting.

I took the information home.