I Paid My Father $250 in Rent Every Month for Five Years. After His Funeral, His Best Friend Gave Me a Key and a Box.

He only pulled out a chair and waited while I searched for the scissors.

There were things I had imagined my father might leave me.

A list of repairs for the house.

An unpaid bill.

Another instruction about saving money.

I had not imagined he might leave anything that required a witness.