The next morning, Bianca called before eight. “What did you do?” she demanded. I reminded her that three years earlier, when she and Grant could not qualify for financing, my holding company had purchased the property and given them a reduced private lease. The monthly “house payment” she kept reminding me about was not my mortgage obligation. It was the amount I voluntarily covered to keep their housing affordable. After years of missed reimbursements and unpaid utilities, I had finally asked my attorney to end the arrangement according to the lease and local notice requirements.
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