I Was Paying $2,500 Every Month for a Year to Cover My Stepmom’s Assisted Living – When I Found Out What She Was Really Spending the Money On, I Went Pale 

“I didn’t want you talking me out of it before I had the facts.”

“What facts?”

She folded her hands.

“Because of an old arrangement, my rate would be reduced.”

I frowned.

“What old arrangement?”

“Years ago, after my sister died, I donated part of her estate to help renovate one of their wings. I also served on the advisory board for a while. Legacy residents like me get a lower rate.”

“How much lower?”

She hesitated.

“Twenty-five hundred dollars a month.”