If they wouldn’t send the final notice to the court.

And he said okay.

As long as the payments kept coming, he’d hold it.” Sal let out a long, heavy breath, and shook his head slowly, and there was something like awe in it.

“He’s been paying down your family’s debt, ma’am,” he said quietly.

“Eighty dollars a week.

Every Saturday for six months.

Rain or shine.

Never missed one.”