Chapter 6

She wasn't as impulsive as she'd been yesterday.

She said in a low voice, "He's got connections.

"If he pulls some strings with the paperwork, you might seriously not get the house."

My heart sank.

She kept going, "You don't understand any of this.

"You don't even know how to write.

"If they hand you something to sign, you won't even know what it is."

Every word she said felt like a weight pressing down on me.

I couldn't argue back.

Because she was right about all of it.

I couldn't even understand that notice, not to mention those contracts.