Chapter 17 - Martha’s Final Bitter Betrayal Behind Prison Bars
During a pre-trial prison visit, Martha glared at her son through the thick glass partition of the maximum-security holding facility. She picked up the heavy plastic phone receiver, her eyes burning with pure, unadulterated hatred toward Ryan.
"You traded your own mother to save your skin, you ungrateful coward!" Martha screamed through the audio speaker. "I built this empire for you, and you threw it away for a girl from nowhere!"
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Ryan looked at her through the glass, his expression dead, empty, and devoid of any lingering filial attachment. "You didn't build an empire, Mom; you built a prison fueled by poison and greed," Ryan replied quietly.
He hung up the phone, turned his back on her for the very first time in his life, and walked out of the prison doors.
