MY FAMILY CAME TO TAKE OVER MY BEACH HOUSE WHILE I RECOVERED FROM SURGERY—THEY NEVER EXPECTED WHAT I LEFT WAITING AT THE GATE
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Chapter 12 - The Check Mom Handed Me
After the wedding, Mom approached me.
She handed me an envelope.
Inside was a cashier's check.
A large one.
The repayment agreement wasn't finished, but she'd sold investments and accelerated it.
"I don't want this hanging between us anymore."
"Mom, Leonard said monthly payments were fine."
"I know."
She looked toward Trevor dancing with Caroline.
"I spent years telling myself I was helping everyone."
Then she looked back at me.
"But helping people with something that belongs to somebody else isn't generosity."
Dad could have said exactly that.
I hugged her.
Not because everything was fixed.
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Because she finally understood what needed fixing.
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