About what? What have I ever done to her except give and give until there’s nothing left for me?”

Another silence. “Mom, we need that money. We can’t make the payment without it.”

“Then sell the house, David. Get something you can afford.”

“We can’t do that now,” he sounded panicked. “The market’s down. We’d lose money. And the kids’ school…”

“Those are your choices to make,” I said, surprised at my own firmness. “But I won’t be paying anymore.”