Chapter 4 - The Eviction Notice
Four days after the incident, my mother received a certified letter.
It wasn't a peace offering. It was a legal notification of intent to partition and sell the property. Because I owned 70% of the home and she could not afford to buy out my share, the court would force the sale of the house. She had exactly thirty days to vacate or buy me out.
At the exact same time, Kendra received a legal demand for the immediate repayment of the $40,000 business loan, backed by the signed promissory note she had foolishly ignored for two years. Failing that, I would exercise my rights as the 51% majority shareholder of her LLC to liquidate her business assets to recoup my losses.
My phone lit up like a Christmas tree.
When I finally answered my mother’s call, her voice wasn’t cold anymore. It was shrill, laced with panic.
"Mallerie! Have you lost your mind? You are evicting your own mother?! Where am I supposed to go?"
"You have a lovely car, Mom," I said smoothly, sitting on my new balcony, watching Charlotte draw with colorful chalk on the terrace. "Maybe you can live in that. Or perhaps you can ask the police to find you a shelter. After all, you believe in tough love, don't you? This is just a 'behavioral chat' from life."
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"You can't do this to me!" she screamed.
"I can, and I am. Do not call this number again." I hung up.
