I called Mom while I was shopping and asked, “Should I bring chocolate cake or apple pie for Christmas?” – Welcome

she would eventually be cleared of most of the disputed debt.

Her legitimate debts were different.

She owed nearly forty thousand dollars herself.

She enrolled in a repayment program.

Then she sold the Mercedes.

At Christmas, she arrived at our house driving a seven-year-old Toyota Camry.

Richard stared through the front window.

“Is that yours?”

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