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She Forgot That I Own the House Chapter 10
I used part of the money from selling the house to rent a small shop. The front served as a workshop, while the back was a display area for my model trains.I restored my dad's steam locomotive collection as best I could. The broken coupling could never be repaired completely, so I left it as it was.On opening day, I placed a photo of my dad beside the models.When I was little, he used to tell me, "A house is just a place to keep your things. It's only a home when someone is genuinely happy to see you come back."I didn't get it back then. I thought buying a big house and building a life with someone I cared about was enough to make it a home.It took me much longer to realize that letting people live in your house, use your things, and giving them permanent access to it didn't mean they would see you as family.Six months after I opened the shop, Claire came by. She stood outside, watching through the glass for a long time.I was working on a new model with a few other hobbyi
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Before the closing, I went back to the house one last time.All four of them had already moved out.The huge group photo had been removed, leaving a clear patch of unfaded paint on the wall. The four pairs of slippers at the entryway were gone, and the livestream backdrop in the study had been taken down.The empty house felt strangely unfamiliar.Claire stood in the middle of the living room with the original design plans in her hands."I found these," she said, unfolding the plans.In her original design, there was a study of my own. The patio had a custom display cabinet for my dad's model trains, and the master bedroom wall featured a photo of the two of us.But one revision after another had stripped all of those details away."I can restore everything to the original plan," she pleaded. "Andrew, just give me one more chance."I didn't take the plans. "Why did you change the original design in the first place?"She lowered her head, saying, "Terry needed a livestreaming
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The house found a buyer soon after. He was paying in full but wanted the house cleared out within ten days.So I gave all four of them a formal notice to move out.Terry was the first to panic. His streaming equipment, product samples, and inventory were all in the house. If he had to move, he'd have to rent a new place, pay for it himself, and register the business at a new address.He went straight to Claire. "You said we could use this house as long as we wanted. Now Andrew's selling it. Who's going to cover my losses?""I'm already trying to talk to him," Claire said, looking exhausted."You've been talking for days. And what has that gotten us?" Mark started complaining too. "I don't even have a place to put my studio furniture."Wayne even demanded that Claire cover their moving expenses.Watching the living room security footage, I saw the four of them tear into each other.Terry slammed his hand on the table. "If you'd been able to get your name added to the deed, we wo
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Not long after, Wayne reached out and asked to talk to me in private. When we met at a cafe, he slid an old phone across the table."This is our group chat. Registering the business at your address was Terry's idea. Mark and I just used the house a few times," he said, clearly eager to distance himself from the others.I didn't call him out. I simply opened the chat.The group name was "Friends4Ever". The earliest message was from before the renovation even started.Terry: "Is Andrew really willing to spend this much on the renovation?"Claire: "His dad left all the money to him. No point letting it just sit there. Besides, we're getting married eventually. I'll be the one managing the house anyway."Mark responded with a laughing emoji. "Save a room for each of us then."Claire: "Don't worry. I'm designing the place around what the four of us like. Andrew works overtime all the time. He's barely home."Further down, they discussed the smart lock.Wayne: "We're not adding Andr
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That night, Terry went live. He didn't mention my name, but he started complaining to his viewers about a "controlling friend"."He thinks we're taking advantage of him just because the four of us are close. He's so jealous that he's trying to kick us out."The comments quickly filled with people taking his side."Didn't you all help renovate the house?""Is he jealous because you're so close to the designer?""Kicking people out after living together for months? What a jerk."Terry sighed. "Guess some people think owning the house gives them the right to control everyone."Right on cue, Claire walked past and set a cup of coffee on his desk. She stayed out of frame, but everyone in the chat recognized the room from her design entry.It didn't take long for the netizens to dig up my name and where I worked.My inbox filled up with hate messages. People accused me of flaunting my dad's inheritance and disrespecting a designer's hard work.One guy even asked why someone with no
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Claire was silent for a long time before finally speaking. "Designers getting referral commissions is perfectly normal.""What about the duplicate charges?" I asked."My assistant made a mistake," she argued."Then why did you charge me for furniture that the brands sponsored?"Claire pressed her lips together. "My studio is still getting off the ground. I just needed some extra cash flow. It's not like you can't afford it."I stared at her.The house had cost almost all of the inheritance my father had left me. It wasn't that I couldn't afford it. I just never thought I'd need to be suspicious of the woman I was going to marry.When I said nothing, Claire reached for my hand."I'll pay you back once I win the competition," she said. "If you sell the house now, you're not just ruining my entry. It'll hurt Terry's livestream too."I pulled my hand away. "What do your careers have to do with me?"Claire froze. Perhaps she'd expected me to act like I always did, fixing their pro
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