“There’s a new owner. We have two weeks before we move out.”
Her face turned red with anger.
“Mom, you can’t make a decision like that without telling me! Where are we supposed to go?”
“Where you go is up to you,” I replied. “You and the children will need to find a place.”
Then she said what had truly been on her mind all along.
“But… my inheritance!”
I looked directly into her eyes.
“Did you really think you could live here and simply wait for me to die?”
She had no answer.
