I Let a Homeless Man Stay One Night and Came Home to a Different Apartment

my face. “But that one was already open on the counter this morning.”

He held up the landlord’s letter.

The one I had left face down for four days because I was not ready.

Derek set the stack on the table, the landlord’s envelope on top, and sat down. He tapped the letter gently. “You’re two notices away from eviction.”

My throat tightened. “I know.”

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