Burden of Proof

The thought of her grandparents choosing this moment to say those words made her feel unbearably nauseated.

“I said, I'm an only child. Who are they supposed to be? Where's the evidence?” Lola retorted.

This remark did catch the legal novices present off guard. What evidence? What could there possibly be to prove?

At that very moment, the lawyer handling the division of the inheritance arrived.