My parents sold their paid-off house to rescue my sister, then showed up at my lake house with a moving truck. “We’re your parents. We don’t need permission to live here,” Dad demanded. But when I found a note slid under my front door, I realized this was much worse than a family emergency.

911.

Twenty minutes later, Deputy Miller arrived.

I already had the footage ready: Arthur cutting the power, attempting to force entry, trying to hire the locksmith, and throwing the gnome.

I also printed my deed.

Arthur rushed toward the deputy using his calm respectable voice.

“Officer, thank God. My son is unstable. He locked us out of our own home.”

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