Six Vintage Dresses Left in a Cedar Trunk on Oak Street

has an inflation clause they neglected to enforce for five years.”

“How much?” Beatrice asked, sitting down beside me.

“Twelve thousand dollars,” Peggy said, her eyes filling with tears that she quickly wiped away with the back of her hand. “They want it by Friday, or they start the eviction process.”

I felt the physical weight of Richard’s continue reading …