My Parents Called Me At 2 A.M. On Christmas Eve Screaming For $20,000 …

because they could no longer afford private counsel.

We were going over the assets. The bank was involved now.

“Mr. Hayes,” the attorney said, shuffling through papers. “Are you aware that your parents took out a third mortgage on their property in November?”

“I didn’t know,” I said. “But I’m not surprised.”

“They leveraged the equity to pay off a previous continue reading …