“It makes the whole living room look old.”

Mark ignored her question completely.

He took a folded sheet of white paper from his inside suit pocket and smoothed it flat on the glass coffee table.

“This is the transition schedule,” Mark said.

He tapped his index finger on a heavy red circle drawn on the printed calendar.

“You have until five o’clock on Sunday to pack your clothes and clear out your personal things,” he said.

“Five o’clock on Sunday,” I said.