Wesley read the name at the top twice: Hawthorne Residential Holdings, the company that had purchased the house from me. The notice explained that the property had changed ownership and that their occupancy would end according to the required legal process. Wesley immediately demanded to know what happened to “our equity.” I reminded him there had never been any. His name was never on the deed. Neither was Delphine’s. They had made no mortgage payments because there had been no mortgage for years.
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