Charlie and I had been neighbors for 20 years. In that time, he’d become a great friend as well. I couldn’t have predicted that when he moved in next door. Not because of anything about Charlie himself.
He was delightful. The two of us bonded over our love of music, literature and art. He was interested in my projects as an interior designer, and we compared notes about our favorite color combinations. But there was one thing Charlie and I did not agree on: the color taupe. Upon
