was the kind of Texas morning that sticks to your skin—humid, heavy, and thick with rumors. At the Anthony mansion in Frisco, the silence was louder than the cicadas. Neighbors watched from behind curtains as a black SUV pulled up, and two men in suits walked to the front door. Inside, Carmelo Anthony’s parents were packing boxes, their faces pale, eyes darting between each other and the hallway, as if waiting for bad news to come knocking.

And then it did. The foreclosure notice, stamped with the county seal, was taped to the front door. Thirty million dollars in debt, and the clock had finally run out. The Anthony family, once the picture of suburban success, were being kicked out of their dream home—a sprawling mansion that had become the epicenter of a financial scandal so wild, you could barely keep up with the headlines.Family games

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