My Sister Called to Say Mom Had Died, While Mom Was Standing Right Beside Me

I tapped my attorney’s name.

David answered on the second ring, voice already cautious. “Amara?”

“Book the jet,” I said. “We’re going to Georgia. Dominique just declared my mother dead and claimed a verbal will left her everything.”

There was a beat of silence, then the sound of keys clacking on his end. “That’s fraud,” he said carefully. “Serious fraud.continue reading …