Three days after the judgment, a bank representative called Mark about the refinancing requirement.

I learned about it because he called me six times before breakfast and left a message accusing me of giving the lender false information.

I forwarded the message to Sarah.

She asked me not to argue directly and reminded me to keep copies of every communication, especially anything relating to loans for which I still appeared on the creditor’s records.

It would have been satisfying to ignore every problem in the house I no longer owned.