On My 18th Birthday, My Parents Told Me My Education Fund Was Gone — I Didn’t Cry, I Took Notes

“If finances were so tight that you had to raid an education trust,” Patterson asked, “why did you continue these significant discretionary expenses?”

My father didn’t have a good answer.

My mother cried extensively on the stand. She kept saying she thought I was “resourceful” and would “figure it out” and that she never meant to hurt me.

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