“I don’t want to live there,” I told Marcus.

“That doesn’t mean you must waive every financial claim.”

We separated the place I wanted to call home from the rights the agreement needed to resolve.

It was the kind of distinction Patrick had relied on me never learning.

Meanwhile, the firm’s borrowing was examined.

The collateral arrangements and defaults could not be cured by calling a transfer a portfolio acquisition.

Lenders exercised contractual remedies through the appropriate process.