They Said I Was A Burden And Asked Me To Leave Then I Bought The Building They Rented

can’t afford to lose. The irony of that word—afford—was not lost on either of us.

“I was wrong,” he said. “I treated you like you were in the way. I’m sorry.”

“Thank you.”

“Can we start over?”

“We can try.”

The rent stayed at market rate. I didn’t lower it. I didn’t raise it. It was business, and business is business, and the distinction between business continue reading …