Chapter 10 - THE BANK REFUSES
The independent trustee bank conducted emergency review.
Julia requested continued authority.
Grant’s return changed everything.
Legally, he was alive.
Not incapacitated now.
His trustee powers were restored subject to medical confirmation.
Julia’s temporary expense authority ended.
She was furious.
“This leaves me with nothing.”
Grant stared.
“You’re my wife.”
“That’s not authority.”
There.
Important.
She had become used to control.
Then bank counsel reviewed prior payments.
Most approved expenditures were legitimate.
Security.
School.
Staff.
Some consulting charges were excessive.
Vanessa’s firm had billed:
$162,000 in seven weeks.
Comparable services:
perhaps $60,000 to $85,000.
Not all fake.
Potential overbilling.
The bank demanded reimbursement review.
Julia said:
“I disclosed everything.”
May you like
True.
Disclosure did not make pricing reasonable.
