My Parents Arrived With Suitcases Like My Apartment Was Already Theirs

very neat.

I called Elaine again.

“I have documents,” I said.

“Open them.”

So I did.

Credit card statements.

A home-equity line I’d never known they opened before the sale.

Private loan paperwork.

Past-due notices.

An email printout with the subject line Final demand before legal filing.

And tucked in the back, almost like an afterthought, a one-page draft agreement continue reading …