Thanks, fm,
And after all that greedy nonsensical back and forth, she flips on a dime shortly thereafter:
Originally Posted By: gardener
Well, lo and behold, three hours after my last email to her, X sends me an email:
Originally Posted By: x
Subject: I don't want any of the rent money.
I think my being so strident spooked her. Especially with the "don't contact me anymore unless...Goodbye" For sure, it wasn't her sense of fair play or sudden reasonableness. crazy
Go figure.
Actually, I don't even try to figure anymore.

Gardener

"My soul, be satisfied with flowers,
With fruit, with weeds even; but gather them
In the one garden you may call your own."
Cyrano deBergerac