I Was Promised My 85-Year-Old Neighbor’s Inheritance for Caring for Her, but at the Will Reading She Left Me Nothing — Then the Next Morning, Her Lawyer Arrived and Said, “Actually, She Left You One Thing”

“I doubt it.”

Another morning, she said, “Your hair looks worse every time I see you.”

“Good morning to you, too.”

“Hm. Better. You almost sound alive today.”

She was difficult in a strangely entertaining way once you got used to her. I never saw her act openly affectionate, but she noticed things. That mattered more than most people realize.

“You ever smile, son?”