Dennis’ indemnity insurance company didn’t mind if he hosted a conference call with the company’s zoom license, so he got all of us together. Tori had been looking for easier ways to pay for some of her basic costs, like gas and electricity. She asked Peter, Dennis’ brother, for some loans but he didn’t feel in the mood to donate. Donate!? How dare he imply that she wouldn’t pay back. So on the call they went.

Marta, the attorney, hadn’t seen Dennis much since she became a lawyer. She was there to support Toni in any way she could. Toni liked to say that she wanted Marta’s law degree so that she seemed so authoritative. Marta had recently talked Toni out of taking out a big mortgage. Marta wasn’t taking the credit, but she knew Toni had dodged a bullet.