My Parents Sold What Was Mine and Told Me to Obey. The Next Day, Mom Was Crying on the Phone: “The Police Are Here.”

before my flight. I needed to fortify the castle.

I drove into town and bought four high-end security cameras, extra batteries, a Wi-Fi extender, and a mobile hotspot. The clerk looked at me with concern as I piled items on the counter. “Expecting trouble?” he asked.

“Just raccoons,” I lied. “Big ones.”

I spent the rest of the day installing them. I drilled continue reading …