If you are reading this because Michael has attempted to pressure you for control of our assets, then I was right to be concerned, and I am sorry, both that I was right and that I am not there with you.

I love our son.

But love does not require blindness.

Michael has repeatedly asked me about the trust, about the house, about whether your signature alone would be sufficient to move our assets after my death.

I have therefore amended our trust to provide that any beneficiary who attempts, through fraud, coercion, abuse, or a bad-faith guardianship proceeding, to gain control over you or over the trust, shall forfeit his entire inheritance.

Michael whispered, “No.” I kept reading.