In return, Greg agrees:
That Mom will always have a home at 14 Holloway Court, for as long as she wants it.
That when the house is paid off, Mom will move in, and the den will be made into her suite.
That when the house is paid off, Mom’s name will go on the deed.
Signed, Diane Mercer.
Signed, Gregory A. Mercer.
Witness: Karen Mercer Doyle.
I read it four times.
Valentine’s Day. February 14, 2022. I remembered that day. I worked a double. Greg made spaghetti for the kids and sent me a picture of Lily with sauce all over her face. Heart emoji.
And sometime that same day, he’d signed a piece of yellow paper giving his mother my den. And my deed.
Our deed. His name and mine.
I put my hand flat on the wall under the window.
It was the wall she’d measured.
Not for curtains. For a door. A private entrance. Her suite.
