Exhibit one: the temporary power of attorney Mrs. Sterling signed after knee surgery. Note the expiration date. It expired over two months ago.
Exhibit two: a durable, permanent power of attorney, filed three weeks after the first expired, granting Arthur Sterling total financial and medical authority.
Exhibit three: a forensic document examiner’s report confirming that the signature on exhibit two is a forgery.”
The room shifted.
My father’s lawyer leaned over and whispered something urgent.
“Exhibit four,” Margaret continued, “bank records showing fifty-five thousand dollars withdrawn by Arthur Sterling under the forged authority, in six weeks.
Exhibit five: a signed statement from the nursing facility confirming that on the day in question, Arthur and Wendy Sterling admitted Mrs. Sterling and left the premises before completing paperwork — walking a competent, un-consenting woman into residential care under a forged document.
And exhibit six, Your Honor—”
Margaret paused.
“—a developer’s purchase offer for Mrs. Sterling’s property, found in Arthur Sterling’s possession, dated eleven months ago. Which establishes motive.
