Daniel chose his mother after she hu:mi:liated me at dinner. I walked out without fighting back because at noon, I was returning with proof that their beloved mansion was legally mine.

she did.”

Rebecca immediately sent preservation notices to the recorder, bank, and title company.

Then we learned why they had forged the deed.

DPM Residential Holdings had applied for a $2.4 million loan using the mansion as collateral.

The loan was scheduled to fund that afternoon.

Nearly $900,000 would be used to cover debts from a failed real-estate project Patricia had secretly financed.

But they had missed one document.

My grandfather had created a recorded occupancy agreement while Daniel’s father was still alive. Patricia could remain in the