The first transaction was the mortgage payment my parents thought had come from Dad’s retirement account during a difficult year. It had actually come from me. Then Gideon turned the page. Roof repairs. Property taxes. Griffin’s emergency loan after his business failed. My mother’s medical deductible. Even the money that had kept my parents from refinancing their house had quietly come through an account I maintained with Desmond’s life-insurance settlement and my own savings.
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