Dear Tenant,
Pay the rent.
Keep quiet.
Be grateful you’re here.
That’s how these relationships are supposed to work.
We didn’t notice the signs at first. They arrive softly:
questions that go unanswered,
plans that keep changing,
access that suddenly feels conditional.
Nothing dramatic. Nothing you can point to.
Just enough to let you know the ground has moved.
We kept showing up anyway.
Because the work mattered.
Because the people mattered.
Because we believed good faith was still part of the deal.
The moment things became clear wasn’t subtle.
It wasn’t quiet.
It was pressure, paired with change.
That’s when we understood this wasn’t about partnership anymore.
It was about compliance.
Some stories don’t end with a bang.
They end with a door that no longer opens the same way.
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More soon.
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