him.
“That sounds incredibly sinister.”
He laughed.
“I didn’t mean I was taking their house.”
“Good clarification.”
“I meant the house gave me leverage. They’re selling. A legitimate payment dispute attached to the property is a problem they can’t just shrug at.”
Then he added, “Technically, I needed the paperwork.”
“That sounds more like you.”
He smiled.
Grandpa had learned that lesson about paperwork the hard way.
When he was younger, he sometimes let people pay late.
Sometimes very late.
Once, someone never paid him at all.
He hated confrontation.
