Before the Knock
Then, he said, "It's not right. However, you turned her down in front of everyone. How do you think that made her feel?"
"So what am I supposed to do? Just sign it anyway?"
He did not say a word.
"Howard, that house's down payment was 90,000 dollars. My parents sold their place to scrape that together. They're living in a rental now."
"I know that..."
"You do? Then, why didn't you back me up?"
He stayed quiet.
We went to bed that night, wrapped in silence.
When I woke up the next day and checked my phone, the family group chat was in an uproar.
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