I said: yes.
He said: about the house.
I said: about what the house is and what it isn’t.
I said: it is not your house.
I said: it is not a place where you have authority over the welfare of the people I invite into it.
I said: it is not a place where my mother sleeps on an air mattress in the basement because your brother wants to watch football.
He said nothing.
Patricia said: I also want to mention something relevant to the question of household contribution.
She placed a second document on the table.
It was not a legal document in the formal sense.
It was a financial analysis.
She said: Sara provided me with nine years of household financial records.
She said: over nine years, Sara has contributed the following to this household.
