“I didn’t witness a deed.

I didn’t approve one.”

Dad leaned back.

“This is a technical argument over wording.”

“The wording records what was authorized,” Martin replied.

He did not accuse me of witnessing something I had not seen.

He did not let my father turn the witness line into permission Eleanor had never granted in that form.

When Patricia joined the call, she had the original visitor log and checklist in front of her.