Derek lay down.
“Michael...”
“And third...”
I slipped the legal documents to them.
Pregnancy and Maternity
“Every dollar I sent home is being reviewed.”
Vivian paled.
“You can’t do this to your own mother.”
I stared at her.
“You took money destined for my sick wife.”
“I used it for the family!”
“Clara was my family.”
Silence.
Derek finally stood up.
“So what? Are you going to destroy us all for money?”
That question caused something inside me to break.
Real estate market
I got up too.
“No, Derek. You destroyed yourselves for money.”
He pointed my finger.
“You set us up with that million-dollar story.”
“No.”
I denied with my head.
“I told them I had received money.”
Then I looked at both of you.
“You showed me exactly who they were the instant you thought there was more to take me away.”
Vivian started crying.
It wasn’t the silent cry of someone who understood what I had done.
