After My Husband Forced His Sick Father Out, I Cared For Him Alone While Working Two Jobs

of the people selling them. There were insurance forms, provenance documents, photographs taken under controlled lighting by a man who wore gloves and spoke to the watch the way some people speak to horses—softly, respectfully, as if it might spook.

The final price was more than the number the appraisers had quoted, which was already more than I could continue reading …