Chapter 10 - Remembering Hard Sacrifices In Prescott
While Caden panicked in the heat, my mother and I sat in the sunroom discussing plans for her future comfort.
Alexis looked out the window toward the mountains, remembering the dusty dirt roads of Prescott where she raised me.
“I remember selling our east pasture just so you could afford your first semester at university in Phoenix,” Alexis recalled softly.
“You gave up everything you owned so I could have a future, Mom,” I said, resting my head gently on her shoulder.
“And that man had the audacity to treat you like a peasant in a house built entirely with your hard work,” she added bitterly.
“He’s getting exactly what he deserves; no more funding, no more luxury cars, and no more tolerance for disrespect,” I affirmed.
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We had built our success from the ground up through sleepless nights and unyielding grit, not through inheritance or luck.
Caden was about to discover what life looked like when his parasitic lifestyle was permanently disconnected.
