It was the first time we'd been away for this long in years, and we'd trusted Sam with our house. Source: OriginalBut Alice wasn't done. Your father-in-law was planning to buy Sam a new house, you know, something extravagant, as a reward for his work. Sam had trashed our house, left it in ruins, caused an explosion, but somehow, we had come out of it better off. As the shock wore off, I realized that while Sam had wrecked our home, he hadn't destroyed us.