paid the mortgage on her house.

At 6:00 a.m. on January 1, while my family slept off champagne and cruelty, their New Year’s gift arrived at the front door.

Part 2

It arrived inside a white courier envelope bearing my mother’s full legal name.

Brent opened it first because he had been sleeping on her sofa after another argument with his landlord.

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