Here we go again...

My machevalian Aunt is at it again.
So far she has sabotaged every one of my grandmothers wishes. She hid the will, and lied. She cleared everything out of granny's house, contravening the agreement Granny struck with the buyer. She's held Granny's death certificate and other docs hostage, doing everything she can to stall the sale until all the value of the house is lost. And she is succeeding.

The lawyer just informed my mother, he needs a thousand dollars to complete the sale. Without it he wont go any further.

This makes no sense to me, unless the value of the house is already so low he doubts he'll be able to recoup it from the sale, if it is salvagable at all by now. A modular home, with no heat and maintenance now for nine months. It could be completely trashed by now, once the pipes freeze this winter, the house is pooched.

Needless to say, mom doesn't have the money.

It looks like auntsi may have won.

At what cost?
The ruination of her sister?

Mom put half the money into Granny's house, the sale split down the middle with Auntsie would have compensated mom for her investment. Granny was counting on getting mom that money. Mom was counting on getting that money. She is destitute without it. My aunt said, "Oh how difficult for you..." when my mother called her asking for help with the legal fees, and then launched into a tirade about me.

So here it is again, people looking to me to fix the fucking scene.

My family threw mom to the wolves, and with her, me. I don't care if this family disintigrates. It's a sick vile circle jerk of dysfunction and cruelty. Auntsie's willingness to throw her inheritance away simply to scew her sister to the wall is truly insane. I mean, she could have done something so positive with this situation. At the very least, she could have safeguarded her inheritance by cooperating with the sale of the house and set up a college or university fund for her daughter. If she had done that, she would be the first child in any generation of my family to have been so provided for by her family. What a sick, sick choice to make instead.

So here is what I intend to do.
I will call Auntsie as she seems to want. I wll ask her what it is she wants from me. I will refrain from expressing sarcasm or disgust, I will try to remember that she is ill and in great pain. And will endeavor to satisfy her demands as fully as I can.

I will do almost anything to sever her from my life at this point, including giving in to her.