Mr. SUMMER: It's always funny when I get home from work, my partner always says, oh I can tell you wrote the mortgage checks today.

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"I knew when he didn't get home from work on time Monday morning something was wrong, " Marta Sanchez says on Wednesday.

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In the few cases where I could not work from home, I was able to drive to a Starbucks in the area and get things done.

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