helping her out.
Over a very bad cup of tea, she came right down to business by telling me that she had become old, her health was failing, and she required a trustworthy person to assist her with various chores and errands.
This is when she made me an offer.
If I stayed and helped her until the end of her life, she would leave everything she owned to me.
Honestly, her offer did seem ridiculous because I hardly knew her. But I was broke and there was some isolated