“That is almost seventy.”
“They also have retirement income and approximately thirty days before they need to move.”
“Thirty days?”
“Nathan sent the notice.”
“You gave your own parents an eviction notice?”
“I gave the occupants of a property I’m selling formal notice.”
“This doesn’t sound like you.”
There it was.
The universal phrase used when boundaries become inconvenient.
This doesn’t sound like you.
Meaning:
You used to be easier.
I said, “Maybe you didn’t know me very well.”
Rebecca went quiet.
Then she lowered her voice.
“Is this because of what happened with Clare?”
“It’s because of everything.”
“Tessa feels terrible.”
“No, she doesn’t.”
“You don’t know that.”
“She sent me a video calling my wife controlling and never apologized.”
Rebecca paused.
“I hadn’t heard that part.”
“Of course not.”
“Well…”
I let the silence do the work.
Then Rebecca said, “I still think selling the house is extreme.”
