“Thank you for saying it without an audience,” I replied.
“That is where apologies should begin.”
After he left, Daniel handed Mom a formal notice.
As trustee, I was suspending all further borrowing activity and requiring a full accounting of the property.
Mike and Irene had no legal tenancy agreement, and their attempt to encumber the trust had violated the occupancy conditions.
They had thirty days to sign a legitimate lease, disclose their finances, and begin repaying property expenses—or sixty days to move out.
Mike tore the notice in half.
Daniel calmly removed another copy from his folder.
“Tearing paper does not alter the trust,” he said.
Irene’s phone began recording again.
She pointed it toward me.
“Say it clearly, Stephanie.
You’re throwing your own mother into the street because a teenager spilled soda on you.”
I looked directly into the camera.
“My mother has a protected right to housing.
