Chloe learned that eventually someone else would absorb the consequences of her choices.
“I’ll pay for an independent real estate attorney to help you find the best way out of this contract,” I told her. “But I’m not giving you the money to purchase the building.”
Her tears stopped.
“So you’re willing to spend money on a lawyer, but not on me?”
“Yes.”
She stared at me.
Then stood up and left.
That afternoon, Marcus received a letter from an attorney representing my parents.
They were claiming that Dad’s original $
