Texting your sister from the driveway during a summer roa...

Conversation

1. Liv, parked in the driveway—there's a SOLD sign on Mom's house.
2. No way, are you sure that's our house?
3. Yes, same porch swing, and a moving box with my name.
4. Don't touch anything; get back in the car now.
5. There's a letter on top, Mom's handwriting, addressed to me.
6. Promise me you'll leave it closed.
7. I couldn't stop myself; I opened the first line.
8. What did it say?
9. 'If you're reading this, I couldn't keep them safe.'
10. Who does 'them' mean?
11. It names you and me, and says she sold it.
12. I never signed anything, Liv, I swear.
13. The letter claims you begged her to sell.
14. I would never beg to sell our childhood.
15. It also mentions an attic key under the third stair.