At the end of every month, Mom called. ‘The mortgage is overdue. Pay it now. And send your sister $12,000 for her new house.’

had never used that power because I loved them.

Now I called the trust attorney.

“Mr. Hale,” I said, “I’m ready to enforce the occupancy agreement.”

He paused.

“Are you sure?”

I looked at Jenna’s text again.

Know your place.

“Yes,” I said. “First thing tomorrow morning.”

At 8:12 the next morning, Mom called eleven times.

I let the phone ring while sitting in a glass conference room overlooking downtown Chicago.

At 8:20, Mr. Hale emailed confirmation that formal notices had been delivered by courier.

At 8:23,