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

Mr.

Vance examined them.

“Arthur, you described your affairs differently.”

“It was temporary.”

“It was a crisis you kept private,” I said.

“You told me you were away for a birthday dinner.

You could have told me the truth.

You could have come to the service that morning.”