When 87-year-old Chris Harvey was hospitalized after a heart scare, he called his daughter Angelina in Miami, hoping she could visit him in Austin. Unable to take time off work, she sent her son Peter and his wife, Hannah, to look after him and check on his house. But when Chris returned home, he was stunned. His furniture was on the lawn, his house was nearly empty,
and plastic sheets suggested renovations. Peter claimed they were remodeling to make Chris more comfortable—a surprise to welcome him home. Chris, touched by their apparent kindness, thanked them. But later, while returning from the pharmacy, he overheard Peter and Hannah arguing. Hannah was furious that Chris wasn’t dying as they’d assumed. They’d started renovating,