My Son Told Me Not to Come for Christmas but Two Days Later My Phone Would Not Stop Ringing

of every month for sixty months was canceled in approximately four seconds, which seemed fast for something that had cost me so much and taken so long to arrive at.

“The secondary account,” I said. “The emergency and repair fund. Close it. Transfer the balance back to primary savings.”

“Twelve thousand, about.”

“Yes.”

“Done.”

“And the Lexus. The car payments continue reading …