help. Not: I know this is an enormous ask. Not: could you possibly consider it.
I need the lake house.
I looked at her.
I said: Kelsey, the lake house was my grandmother’s. I take care of it in a specific way.
She said: I know that. But it’s perfect. The garden, the water view, the porch. It’s literally perfect.
I said: it would need to be treated carefully.
She said: of course. Obviously.
She said it the way people say obviously when they mean I will say whatever is
