Ashby began reading Adelaide’s letter aloud. She wrote that Seraphina had already received years of financial help—tuition, childcare, two car loans, and a large down payment on her home. None of it had been loans. Adelaide had given it willingly because Seraphina needed help at the time. But she had also watched my parents repeatedly pressure me to sacrifice because I was single and “had fewer responsibilities.” Her final estate plan was meant to correct that imbalance, not create another one.
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