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

hundred feet without a federal permit—which takes five years and a million dollars in environmental studies. Basically, the land becomes radioactive to anyone who wants to build.”

“But it protects the birds,” I said, smiling for the first time in days.

“Exactly. It protects the birds and protects you. Even if your dad manages to sell it, the buyer will continue reading …