PART 3 Alicia remained standing. “Mother D,” she said carefully, “what is this?” I smiled. “You tell me.” She looked at Mark. Mark looked at me. And for the first time that morning, my son looked exactly like the little boy who used to stand in my kitchen after breaking a window. Ashamed. Afraid. And…

PART 3 Veronica’s face turned red. “Don’t play games with me! We came home, and all our stuff is at Mom and Dad’s house! The locks have been changed! There are strangers’ cars outside the apartment! What the hell is wrong with you?” “Nothing is wrong with me.” “You can’t just throw us out!” I…

PART 3 Michael scanned the first page. His eyebrows drew together. “But the house belongs to my mother. That’s what she’s always told me.” Charles nodded. “That is what you were told. It is not the complete legal picture.” Eleanor abruptly pushed back her chair. “I will not sit here and listen to this nonsense.…

PART 3 Alicia remained standing. “Mother D,” she said carefully, “what is this?” I smiled. “You tell me.” She looked at Mark. Mark looked at me. And for the first time that morning, my son looked exactly like the little boy who used to stand in my kitchen after breaking a window. Ashamed. Afraid. And…

PART 3 Veronica’s face turned red. “Don’t play games with me! We came home, and all our stuff is at Mom and Dad’s house! The locks have been changed! There are strangers’ cars outside the apartment! What the hell is wrong with you?” “Nothing is wrong with me.” “You can’t just throw us out!” I…

PART 3 Michael scanned the first page. His eyebrows drew together. “But the house belongs to my mother. That’s what she’s always told me.” Charles nodded. “That is what you were told. It is not the complete legal picture.” Eleanor abruptly pushed back her chair. “I will not sit here and listen to this nonsense.…