The bank refused to accept it immediately because one of Beth’s internal checks raised questions.
Daniel had become angry.
He told her:
“My wife has cancer. She can barely remember what day it is.”
Beth asked to speak to me directly.
Daniel said I was too ill.
The bank placed the request on hold.
Then Daniel never returned.
Monica obtained the document through proper legal channels.
My name was at the bottom.
So was a signature.
It looked like mine.
But I had never seen the paper.
And the notary stamp belonged to someone I knew.
Daniel’s cousin.PART 5 – The Signature I Never Gave Him
Daniel’s cousin was named Natalie Shaw.
She was a mobile notary.
I had met her maybe six times.
Birthday parties.
A funeral.
One Fourth of July barbecue.
We were not close.
When investigators showed me the power of attorney, my first reaction wasn’t anger.
