Chapter 14 - Robert Decides the Lake House

Robert changed the estate plan again.
Not out of anger.
Out of clarity.
The lake house remained in trust.
Neither Daniel nor Rebecca would own it directly.
Future use would be governed by rules that prevented borrowing against
it or selling without independent review.
Robert also added money for maintenance so the property would not become
a burden.
Daniel asked:
“What if we don’t want it someday?”
“Then sell it together.”
Rebecca looked surprised.
“You’d allow that?”
Robert smiled.
“It’s a house. Not a religion.”
Then he looked around the porch.
“But no one steals it from the others.”
May you like
Rebecca lowered her eyes.
The sentence landed exactly where it needed to.