“It’s her whole life.”

“Working hard doesn’t fix bad math, Mom,” Ranata said.

“We’ve tried to help her manage her accounts.

We give her professional advice, and she ignores it.”

I heard a hard thud against wood.

Arthur was rapping his knuckles on the coffee table.

“The numbers don’t lie,” Arthur said.

“She’s been running that property into the ground for over a decade.