Ryan folded his arms.
“Mom contributed the family property that helped you launch your business.”
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“Either you make me CEO today…”
“…or we’ll go public with what you did.”
“What exactly did I do?” I asked.
Ryan’s smile widened.
“Abused your own mother.”
“Committed financial fraud.”
“And stole the family business.”
He spoke with complete confidence.
As if he actually believed his own lies.
I bent down and tossed a stack of papers onto the driveway.
Bank transfers.
Photographs from the security cameras.
Screenshots from the safe.
Copies of every stolen transaction.
“Here’s your mother’s version of family love.”
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“She stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from my home.”
“And gave it to a compulsive gambler.”
The crowd fell silent.
My mother didn’t even bother denying it.
She looked me straight in the eye.
“A son’s money belongs to his mother.”
