Chapter 19 - THE MONEY SANClA DID NOT STEAL
Melissa’s final accounting cleared several suspicions.
Sancia had not drained Eleanor’s bank account.
No secret transfers.
No hidden sale proceeds.
No mortgage.
No new credit line.
Most payments under POA were proper:
Property tax.
Insurance.
Rehab bills.
Utilities.
Medical equipment.
Then reimbursements.
Sancia had reimbursed herself $6,100 before revocation.
Every dollar supported by receipts.
Proper.
Good.
Remaining claimed $11,400 had not been paid.
Review found:
$8,900 documented and reasonable.
$2,500 questionable or personal convenience.
Eleanor voluntarily approved reimbursement of $8,900 after independent review.
Sancia looked surprised.
“Why?”
Eleanor answered:
“Because you spent it.”
No using the dispute to deny legitimate money.
Then $2,500.
Sancia withdrew claim.
Good.
No financial theft case.
That mattered.
Then attempted sale legal costs.
Title fees and cancellation expenses:
About $4,600.
Eleanor’s attorney fees more.
Sancia agreed to reimburse part.
Civil court would determine remainder.
Then criminal financial charges?
None.
Prosecutor reviewed.
No completed theft.
No forged signature.
No proceeds.
POA misuse primarily civil/fiduciary issue.
Good.
The story became narrower.
Sancia had overreached power.
Deceived the title company by incomplete submission.
Tried to create a sale without consent.
But she had not stolen hundreds of thousands.
Family gossip that she “stole Grandma’s house” was false.
I corrected relatives who said it.
May you like
Even when I hated doing it.
Truth is not supposed to become less important when it helps someone you dislike.
