My Dad Said the House I Paid $150,000 Toward “Belonged to the Family,” but the County Records Told a Different Story

and how it would be so much better if there was a proper house, and Dad was agreeing, and I was eating the pasta Mom had made and listening with the fraction of my attention that family dinners typically required, and then Mom said: really, Margot’s house is the natural solution.

I set down my fork.

I said: I’m sorry?

Mom said: you’re one person, Margot.continue reading …