I took photographs of everything and sent them to Rachel.
By morning, Rachel had already replied.
“Now we act.”
Rachel scheduled a meeting for the following Monday and told Daniel it was with the property owner’s representative. She sent the message through the official email for Parker Residential Holdings, the same email Daniel had been contacting for weeks without realizing every complaint, demand, and request had been forwarded to me.
Daniel was thrilled.
He wore his navy suit, the one he had bought for our courthouse wedding, and told me to “let him lead the conversation.” Carol arrived wearing pearls and carrying a folder labeled “Family Housing Plan.”
The meeting took place in a small conference room at Rachel’s office in Alexandria. Daniel thought Rachel was simply the owner’s attorney.
Carol smiled at her like they were two businesswomen about to manage me.
