He said he only took “a few.”
Pharmacy records and counts suggested more than a few.
But that still did not explain the paperwork.
Then Monica obtained a copy of an email Daniel sent to an elder-law attorney.
I was forty-three.
He described me as:
A spouse with cancer experiencing cognitive decline after major surgery.
Cognitive decline.
I read the line until the words blurred.
He asked whether a husband could obtain authority over finances if the wife became unable to understand documents.
The attorney’s reply was responsible.
A cancer diagnosis did not establish incapacity.
Medication side effects did not automatically establish incapacity.
A proper legal and medical process would be required.
Daniel never hired that attorney.
Instead he found another approach.
He began collecting examples of me being “confused.”
Missed appointments.
Forgotten conversations.
A grocery delivery ordered twice.
A check written incorrectly.
Except when Monica and I looked closely, several examples weren’t mine.
