My caption was simple: my parents sold their paid-off home for $620,000, gave the money to Chloe, then tried to force their way into my house and make me live in my basement. Anyone who supported them was welcome to house them. The backlash stopped almost instantly. Aunt Diane deleted her posts. A cousin apologized, admitting he had not known the truth.
In the weeks that followed, my parents spent two nights in a cheap msurrendered the Porsche with penalties, and rented a run-down trailer using Arthur’s pension. Chloe stayed with them for six days before leaving for Miami with a man she met online. A month later, Arthur called once. He did not apologize. He asked if I had spare furniture because the trailer was cold and empty. I blocked him.