The deed was in a fireproof box in my bedroom closet, where it had been for twenty-two years.
“There’s nothing in there that concerns either of you.”
“That’s a strange answer.”
“It’s the answer I have.”
He lowered his voice.
“We’re not trying to take anything.”
I looked at the empty chair across from mine.
Margaret used to sit there with her feet tucked under her.
“I didn’t say you were.”
“Then why are you acting like this?”
I didn’t answer.
Daniel eventually said he would call later.
He did.
So did Rebecca.
The subject kept coming back to the house.
A realtor could give us an estimate.
There were maintenance costs.
Property taxes.
Insurance.
The roof would probably need replacing within five years.
They weren’t wrong.
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