Chapter 9 - Daniel Confronts His Mother About Her Secret Life
Later that afternoon, Daniel drove down to the Manhattan precinct to demand a prison visitation with his disgraced mother.
He sat across the reinforced glass partition in the sterile visiting room, clutching the plastic telephone receiver tightly.
“Mom, how could you do this? Why did you ruin everything we had?” Daniel demanded, his voice shaking with frustration.
Evelyn sat on the other side in an orange jumpsuit, her arrogant demeanor completely replaced by cold malice.
“I did it because your father was planning to leave his entire estate to charity instead of our family!” Evelyn snapped back.
“So you decided to embezzle millions and frame an innocent girl for stealing chump change?” Daniel shouted in disbelief.
“Stop acting so righteous, Daniel! You never had the backbone to take what was rightfully ours anyway!” Evelyn sneered bitterly.
Daniel slammed his hand against the glass partition, realizing his mother had never truly cared about anyone but herself.
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“You’re on your own, Mom; Dad cut me off too, and I have nowhere left to go,” Daniel whispered before hanging up.
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