Arthur Nelson Protected His Wyoming Mountain Cabin with a Trust
I wondered how much Bula knew.
I pictured her sitting in my kitchen, twirling her silver wedding band while Cornelius talked about their financial trouble. She had looked so pale when they arrived, her eyes avoiding mine whenever the conversation turned to the future of the property.
Did she know he had stolen my name? Did she agree to let him strip away my retirement to pay for his corporate debts?
The betrayal felt heavier than the cold air pressing through the truck’s window vents. My own daughter, the girl I had built dollhouses for out of scrap oak, had stood by while her husband drafted my ruin.
The tires hit a patch of washboard gravel on the county road, the vibration rattling the steering wheel in my hands.
I slowed down, watching the dark pines line the edge of the ditch. The mountain shadows were lengthening, stretching across the gray sagebrush toward the road.