After Leona forwarded the contractor’s request for a call to her adviser, a written warning arrived the next morning. Yara Doss brought it to Nora folded into quarters.
The paper had softened where she had gripped it. It named Leona’s old apartment, the contractor that managed the lease, and a date by which the contractor said the tenancy would be revoked. A second paragraph warned that items left in the apartment could be removed or stored at Leona’s expense.
“Neither of us is sleeping there tonight,” Yara said. “Our housing volunteer Miri offered us her spare room while we review the temporary offer. Our papers, winter clothes, and furniture are still in the apartment we share.”
Leona sat beside her. “They can’t tell us we abandoned it because we stayed with Miri.”
Nora read the lease and the warning. “We need to check the notice requirements and what the contract permits. I can’t tell you from this page alone whether every charge is valid.”
“The timing isn’t an accident,” Yara said. “I spoke to you about the inquiry and they sent this.”
“When did the contractor learn about the conversation?” Nora asked.
“I don’t know.”
