Stubbornness And Sentimentality
When the sisters revealed to Joyce the price they had settled on, they were not surprised to be met with further stubbornness on her part. Was she stalling to eek out as much quality time with her age-old abode as possible before the inevitable move, or was there some dark secret that she was on the verge of confessing? It is normal for people to struggle to leave their lifetime homes, but this went beyond sentimentality.
Eternal Abode
Shockingly, the sisters found out that not only had Joyce failed to meet the upkeep requirements of the house, she had also not done any kind of renovations to the property for the entire 70 years of her stay! There was about a century’s worth of decay to fix to get done before this property could come close to being called a home. There was entire century’s worth of secrets festering inside this place.