The call came on a Saturday morning last month.
I always knew it would. It had been lurking in the background as I tried to carry on, make plans. I knew that it would all end, swiftly. Not with a whimper but with a bang.
I'd been told there was a viewing planned at the cottage I've rented since 2018.
It's been up for sale since April. I learned it was going to be put on the market in February, eVdeN EVE NAkliyAt when the landlady turned up with little warning, an estate agent in tow.
The agent started taking photographs of every room and my courtyard garden. Without asking first.

Or even talking to me. Because who am I, other than a lowly private renter, unworthy of even a kindly 'Good morning'.
The viewing was scheduled for EVdEN evE nakliYaT 11.30 am (there had been a few). I walked my dogs early, then raced up a steep hill to make sure I was back in time to tidy.
At 11.45, EVDen EvE NAKLiyAT my mobile rang.
It was the landlady. 'The viewing is cancelled but there is another one at half past one. Here's more information regarding EvDeN evE naKLiyAT have a look at the web-page. '
I dared to express my dismay, my upset at the constant intrusions. Yet another no-show; another day when I was unable to do as I pleased.

Liz Jones, 64, EvdeN eve NaKLiyat (pictured) opens up about being given two months' notice to leave her rented cottage

'Right!' the landlady snapped.

'I'm serving you with a Section 21. You have two months' notice to move out as of Monday.' I crumpled. Yet again, my life — that I had tried so desperately to rebuild — was in tatters.