A Judge Sat at the Defense Table in Her Own Courtroom as Her Parents Tried to Sue Her

family dinners over multiple years, entered alongside it.

The judge asked my father whether he had ever used the words savings account when referring to my payments. My father said he might have, but it was just a figure of speech.

A figure of speech, the judge said. For six years. In text messages and emails and voicemails.

My father said nothing.

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