Chapter 59

On the other hand, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson had tried—and failed—to keep the estate and trust cases in the Orange County courts. Nate had quickly been granted full control of the house as well as the funds remaining in the trust, but the process of accounting for all monies spent over the life of the trust would take months. After much agonizing, he’d also decided to evict his mother and stepfather from the house rather than have any further dealings with them.

“It’s gonna be a long battle,” I said, “but I think you’re doing the right thing.”

“Yeah, I know. I just had to get past feeling sorry for Mom, and that took awhile.”

“Once they’re out of the house, are you going to sell it or rent it?”

“I think I want to be shed of it totally.”

“May I make a suggestion?”

“You know you can.”

“Let’s have a talk with Rion about it—he’s a successful Realtor, and he’s bound to have some ideas.”

“Yeah, let’s.”

“There’s something else we need to talk about, babe,” I said.