sc-I came home exhausted from a 36-hour storm shift and found my father had invited 20 relatives to spend an entire month at my lake house without asking me. Mom wrote, “Pay for the groceries and behave yourself.” I answered, “No.” She sent laughing emojis and asked, “You really think you can stop us, son?” Then Dad admitted he’d secretly copied my house keys. What I arranged before August 1 changed everything…

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