**The paperwork was.**
And three nights before that hearing, I had already discovered something they never expected me to find.
My attorney, Rebecca Sloan, had sent me copies of the exhibits my parents planned to use against me.
Most of them were harmless.
Pictures of Grandpa and me.
Bank statements showing transfers he had authorized.
Medical records from the final year of his life.
But buried behind one of those medical reports was a document I had never seen.
It was titled **Family Loan Memorandum**.
The date was eighteen months before Grandpa died.
According to the document, Walter Bennett had loaned my parents **$1.8 million** to purchase commercial property in Florida.
The memorandum claimed he later forgave the entire debt.
Grandpa had never mentioned anything about forgiving a Florida loan.
I studied the signature.
At first glance, it looked perfect.