My Son Left Me Behind on Thanksgiving and Flew His Family to Hawaii—So Friday Morning, I Called Movers and Took Back Everything I Had Paid For

Now I wondered whether they’d begun seeing my savings as the solution to their budget shortfalls.

Evelyn looked over my shoulder.

“Did they really expect you to pay all of that?”

“I don’t know whether they expected it or simply hoped I’d agree.”

“Does the distinction matter?”

“Yes.”

I looked at the date.

“It matters whether they planned to ask or already assumed the answer.”