I Arrived at My Beach House to Find It Under Construction. By Morning, They Were Knocking at 6 a.m.

structural damage, easily thirty-five thousand.”

I felt punched in the stomach. More than double Gregory’s estimate.

“Are you sure?”

“Completely. I’ll send the full report to your lawyer today.”

After he left, I called Gregory. “Thirty-five thousand.”

Silence on the other end. “That’s much more than we thought.”

“I know.”

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