“I came here to offer an olive branch.

The automatic nine-hundred-forty-dollar transfer didn’t go through on the first of the month.

My mortgage payment is due by the tenth.”

“I canceled the recurring payment on Christmas morning, Mom,” I said.

“I saw the bank notice,” Margaret said.

She pressed her fingertips together over the buttons of her coat.

“You made an emotional decision while you were upset.

I understand that.