Carol turned the legal pad toward the lamp, expecting to see another list of household expenses. Instead, the first sentence made her hands go cold: \u201cRachel does not know the bank sent us a foreclosure notice.\u201d The words had been pressed so hard into the paper that it was torn in several places. Greg stood silently beside the stove, staring at his boots, while Carol\u2019s daughter Rachel gripped the kitchen doorway as though she might collapse.<\/p>\n
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Rachel finally whispered that she had discovered the notice that morning beneath the seat of Greg\u2019s truck. Then she revealed something even harder to hear. Greg hadn\u2019t suggested Carol move into their house simply because the children needed their grandmother nearby. There had been another reason. Rachel\u2019s voice broke before she could finish explaining. Greg finally looked up. \u201cCarol, there\u2019s a second page,\u201d he said quietly. \u201cPlease read it before you decide whether to throw us out.\u201d Carol slowly turned the page\u2014and discovered what Greg had been hiding from everyone.<\/p>\n
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