My father stood up at the lake house dinner and raised his glass in fr…

across gray carpet.

My phone showed a deposit notification.

$111,333.

I opened my personal laptop, then my spreadsheet for major financial events. I added a line.

Credit: 111,333.

Description: Lake house ownership transfer.

Status: Closed.

I closed the laptop and went back to work.

That should have been the end.

Family rarely lets an ending stay clean.

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