A week before the assault, I had been reviewing family records connected to my late grandmother’s estate.

Years earlier, my grandparents had created an irrevocable trust, to protect the family’s real estate and investments and to provide for the education, medical care, and inheritances of their children and grandchildren.

It was meant to be a safety net for all of us, for generations.

And as I read through the records, I began to notice things that did not add up.

One figure, first.