the reality of a public trial, a felony record, and the ruin of his commercial reputation, my father liquidated his private investment portfolio within two weeks.
The wire transfer returned every dollar to Grandma Eleanor’s account.
His corporate attorney delivered the signed, notarized relinquishment documents to our lawyer’s office on a rainy Tuesday morning, officially severing my parents’ legal ties to the Sterling estate.
When the paperwork was finally executed, the silence that settled over the house was profound.
I spent the following month clearing out the remnants of my
