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When summer arrives, Letitia excitedly tells George that she plans to buy a house. While staying with her sister Ruby, Letitia learned about an anonymous old debt owed to her poker-playing father. In spite of Ruby’s skepticism, Letitia visited the lawyer’s office, collected the money, and now wants to use it to buy a house in a white neighborhood in Chicago. George once helped a couple move into a white neighborhood and remembers the difficulty and abuse they faced. Letitia insists that she is serious about the idea, even if she is yet to convince Ruby.
Letitia takes Ruby to a real estate broker. Ruby chides Letitia, as always, for her inability to hold down a steady job. As they sit with Mr. Archibald, the white realtor, Ruby is shocked by Letitia’s plan to buy a house in an unwelcoming neighborhood. Letitia spots one house much cheaper than the others: the Winthrop House. The house is huge but rundown, making it ideally suited to Letitia’s plans to renovate and rent out the rooms. However, Mr. Archibald reveals that the house is supposedly haunted. Ruby is horrified. Letitia tries to negotiate a lower price.
Letitia and Ruby host a moving-in-day party for their new home.
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