At 1:03 a.m., my cousin rolled up to my Seattle apartment with a moving truck and two “movers,” declaring, “Grandpa signed this unit over to me—start packing.” He only flashed the paperwork, then said I wasn’t “real family,” that Grandpa didn’t even remember me, and that I had until Sunday to clear out. I’d seen Grandpa lucid just days earlier, so I locked the door, called a law-school friend, and went to uncover the truth.
My uncle’s son showed up in the middle of the night with a moving truck. He declared, “Grandpa’s giving me…