She explained that it would be far better to resolve the contractor dispute before the house was listed.
Grant finally offered to pay the original $6,200.
But by then, the situation had already required legal preparation and collection work.
The total had risen to $6,814.
Grant wasn’t happy.
But he had little room left to argue.
He arranged the wire transfer.
Frank didn’t celebrate.
He didn’t insult him.
He didn’t remind him of what he had said the day before.
He simply waited.
When the money cleared, Frank nodded to David.
The paperwork was completed.
And that was it.
