Chapter 11 - Caroline Returns The Twelve Thousand Dollars
Caroline sold a piece of jewelry and borrowed against a savings account
to return the twelve thousand dollars.
Margaret did not demand that method.
She only required repayment once the disputed charge was confirmed.
Caroline handed her a cashier’s check.
“I should have asked more questions.”
“Yes.”
“I thought Tiffany had finally married into security.”
Margaret looked at her.
“Security for whom?”
Caroline had spent years rescuing Tiffany financially.
Credit cards.
Rent.
The failed engagement.
She wanted Daniel’s family wealth to end that responsibility.
In a different way, Caroline had been doing what Margaret did with
Daniel.
Solving adult children’s problems until they learned someone else would
absorb the cost.
The two mothers sat in uncomfortable silence.
Then Caroline said:
“We made them dependent.”
Margaret shook her head.
“We helped. They made choices too.”
She would not take responsibility that belonged to Daniel and Tiffany.
But she would take her share.
The wedding vendor disputes were resolved.
Legitimate charges were paid.
Unauthorized charges were reversed or repaid.
Sofia and her staff lost no earned compensation.
Margaret insisted on that.
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Her anger was with family.
Not workers who had done their jobs.
