One day before my brother’s wedding, he demanded my penthouse and told me to move into a rental home. – Welcome

degrees. Sunlight poured through the tall windows of the house Claire’s father had left her six years earlier.

She was preparing for an important video meeting that had already been postponed once. Her laptop was open, her notes were organized, and she had tested her headset fifteen minutes earlier.

Then she checked the thermostat app on her phone.

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