Chapter 17 — The Hearing

Months later, the final custody and property hearing convened, and by then, the truth had been assembled into a form that no performance of George’s could touch.

The court psychologist’s report concluded that I was fully fit as a parent, while noting that George exhibited a severe pattern of deflecting responsibility and using a minor child as leverage.

The bank’s legal representative testified that the power of attorney was an absolute forgery, that the notary seal had been lifted from an unrelated corporate document, and that my signature had been copied.

Every piece of it, documented, verified, entered into the record.