My father had placed it in trust for me, allowing Mom to live there without rent as long as she paid the taxes and never used my identity, credit, or property to support Brenda.
My mother had signed the agreement herself.
There was also a termination clause.
Financial abuse against me ended her right to live there.
Nina sent the required notice.
The bank opened a fraud investigation.
The phone company froze every account connected to my Social Security number.
I said nothing to Mom.
A week after Clara was born, Derek and I came home from her first pediatric appointment.
I had barely set the diaper bag down when the front door opened.
My mother walked in using the spare key she had never returned.
Her face was red.
