Previously . . . She had meant to get over here sooner, see how her brother was doing in his new place, the one that doesn’t include turndown service and 24-hour meal delivery. Bring him a potted plant or some equally lame house-warming present.
Instead, she gets this as her first visit.
Well, they’re Echollses, after all. They don’t get to do normal.
Trina rings her brother’s doorbell, and waits.