The rest of that year was amazing. Darlene finished all her end-of-the-fiscal-year tax preparations and filings, and on September first, we finally discussed what was going to happen next. Darlene had been moving to my house little by little. Just before Thanksgiving, she moved her furniture, too, and called a Realtor about selling her house. We finally had furniture in the living room although it was smaller than what we really needed. We could have something better designed when we had time.
She notified all her clients that she was moving and closing down most of her business. She’d contacted a couple CPA friends about taking some of her clients and had put their names in the notice as alternatives. There were still about a dozen who begged her to stay with them, so she did. She now ha
