C38 What is the way?

My dad's gaze never wavered as he spoke, each word carrying the weight of a difficult truth. "I have to sell our home," he said, the words resonating like a heavy tolling bell in the silence that followed.

"It's a huge amount of money. Everything has to be sold. Otherwise, we won't be able to do anything." My dad's words hung in the air like a heavy cloud of inevitability