1 Life in This Broken-Down House I really did think he had lost his mind. I couldn’t believe he was going to do what he was about to do. I tried to reason with him, but he was so excited and engaged, I don’t think he heard a word I said. The day had started out normally. We were with Luella’s parents having a leisurely breakfast and discussing whether we wanted to venture out into the Florida sun, when my father-in-law chimed in that he would like to go look at houses. My mother- in-law was not interested at all. The thought of getting out of the car again and again in the blazing sun to tour house after house held no attraction for her. So he extended the invitation to me, and I agreed to go. He had done his research well and knew of several houses he wanted to see. One particular house was at the top of his list, so we drove to the north side of Miami and into a rundown neighborhood. Already I was thinking, Why would he want to own a house here? I hadn’t seen anything yet. As we wove our way through the ribbon streets we came upon a lot that
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