Chapter 15 - The Unpayable Debt
“You aren't sorry for what you did to your mother, Julian,” I said softly into the phone receiver.
“You’re only sorry that your credit cards stopped working in Maui.”
“For twenty years, I stayed by Eleanor’s side while you treated both of us like disposable burdens.”
“You let her die in a cold hospital room while you laughed on a beach with another woman.”
Julian pressed his forehead against the glass, weeping openly as he begged for a single shred of mercy.
“Evelyn, please! I have nothing left! I’m going to die in prison!” he sobbed into the phone receiver.
“You gave me this fate yourself, Julian,” I informed him, my voice dropping into a razor-sharp register.
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“ Eleanor gave me one final command before she passed away. And today, I have fulfilled it completely.”
I hung up the phone, setting the receiver back onto its metal cradle with a clean, decisive click.
