The first gave him ordinary financial authority.
The second added power over real estate.
The third included authority over investment accounts and the lake cabin.
Natalie had asked:
Does Emily know you’re adding the cabin?
Daniel replied:
She will eventually. I’m trying to protect us before she gets worse.
Protect us.
I read those words in Monica’s office.
“I was expected to get better.”
Monica looked at me.
“What?”
“Even then. My doctors were optimistic.”
Daniel had turned the possibility of my death or incapacity into something more certain because certainty was useful to him.
He needed a reason not to ask.
Cancer provided one.
The bank’s refusal prevented the power of attorney from being used there.
What about elsewhere?
That became the next investigation.
No property had been sold.
The lake cabin deed was untouched.
My investment firm had received an inquiry but refused access because Daniel could not answer security questions.
