At Thanksgiving My Grandmother Asked One Question That Changed Everything

Our forensic analysis traced the IP addresses to this house.

The timestamps match the hours Mr. Hansen spent in his study.”

“You pushed me out of employment deliberately,” I said.

“Because if I became financially independent, you could no longer justify holding my property in someone else’s name.”

“And my savings,” I continued, turning to my mother. “I deposited money from three part-time jobs every month toward my student loans.

But my credit rating kept declining.

I kept being flagged as a delinquent borrower and couldn’t qualify for a proper apartment. Do you want to explain why?”

Attorney Watson laid out a set of bank statements. “The funds Mandy deposited were automatically redirected.

Not to the loan agency, but to a secondary account in Sandra Hansen’s name.”