The Web of Deception Begins - 72 Hours After Jacob Left Us

Three days after Jacob’s death, I received this text from his sister. The following day, she called me, emphatically insisting that what she had told me was true and what she believed, and then asked me to withhold this information from “the friend” who had stolen Corduroy.

She explained that she needed this "friend’s' help managing Jacob’s estate. In my grief, I trusted her, never anticipating that it would lead to months of psychological and emotional manipulation and deception.

That day I thought she was validating the history of irresponsibility and erratic behaviors of "the friend" that stole Corduroy.  Now in retrospect, "birds of a feather flock together," sums up how I feel.