Chapter 10 - Mom Breaks Down As The Golden Son Illusion Shatters
Celina could no longer maintain her composure, burying her face in her hands as loud, uncontrollable sobs wracked her body.
“My baby... my daughter... what have we done?” she cried out, rocking back and forth in the hard wooden pew.
Luke didn't even look back at his mother, his eyes fixed entirely on the prosecutor who was circling him like a hawk.
He had used his parents as human shields for his financial crimes, knowing they would sign anything to preserve his status.
Now that the illusion of his success had collapsed, Luke showed his true colors—selfish, cowardly, and entirely devoid of loyalty.
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I watched them with a quiet, emotionless detachment, feeling neither pity nor anger for the people who had abandoned me.
The emotional umbilical cord linking me to their toxic world had been permanently severed years ago on the night I walked away.
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