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The Lease With His Name On It

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4 min read · Premium

It started because I was bored, which is the part nobody believes when I tell this story now.

It was a gray Sunday in late February. Daniel had taken our son to his swim lesson, the dishwasher was running, and I had forty quiet minutes and a cup of tea going cold beside me. So I did what I always do when I want to feel something without spending money: I opened Zillow and started pretending we were people who might move.

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