“My Sister Stuck Me With a $900 Dinner Bill — Then I Asked for the Manager”

will call police for ‘welfare checks’ to create a paper trail of concern. They will find neighbors willing to say you seem ‘off.’ They will twist every independent choice you make into evidence of deteriorating mental health. This is a siege, Olivia, and it’s already begun.”

“So what do I do?”

Margaret smiled, a sharp, dangerous expression. “We let them continue reading …