Basement And Mansion
Language: en
To save up for a house down payment, Derek froze my shared credit card. He told me we both needed to learn to scrimp and pinch every penny. One dollar had to do the work of two. I agreed. I started buying clothes from thrift bins and eating clearance food past its expiration date. Even when I was burning up with a 102-degree fever, I couldn't bring myself to spend money on an Uber to the emergency room. Standing in line at the hospital checkout, my bank account had barely thirty dollars left. Shaking from the chills, I called Derek for help. When the call connected, a polite sales…