The last voices from the house had faded. Light still shone through a single upstairs window, while the garden lay in darkness.

people the same way.

“So they moved in?” I asked him.

“For a few months,” Mom answered. “That was the plan.”Dad nodded. After Derek and Veronica’s lease expired, my parents offered my old room until he found work. Initially Derek fixed a roof leak, Veronica cooked, and both helped with Mom’s appointments and deliveries of Dad’s custom cabinets. Then pneumonia sent Dad to hospital for several days, though his life wasn’t in danger. GetParenting Tips

“That’s when the paperwork started,” he explained. My stomach knotted.

“What paperwork?”

Dad nodded. After Derek and Veronica’s lease expired, my parents offered my old room until he found work. Initially Derek fixed a roof leak, Veronica cooked, and both helped with Mom’s appointments and deliveries of Dad’s custom cabinets. Then pneumonia sent Dad to hospital for several days, though his life wasn’t in danger. GetParenting Tips

“That’s when the paperwork started,” he explained.