My Family Told Me Not to Show Up to the Baby Shower—So I Sent a Helicopter Instead

you at fair market rate—twelve thousand per month. Month-to-month lease with ninety days’ termination notice from either party.”

“What were they paying before?” I asked.

“Five thousand per month,” he said. “The Belmont Trust gave them a sweetheart deal.”

So my parents had been living well below market rate for fifteen years, using their connections to continue reading …