“Why are you paying her bills?” I asked.

He rubbed his forehead nervously.

“My mother and Patricia have not spoken a single word to each other in nearly nine years.”

“What did they fight about?”

“Their parents’ estate, of course,” Gavin answered bitterly.

It was the same familiar story once again.

It was another family torn apart by an inheritance dispute, with an old argument allowed to fester for years.

Gavin continued explaining the situation.