Chapter 5 - THE DOOR CLOSESDavid's face collapsed.
"I'm your son."
"I know."
"You have more than enough room."
"I know."
"How can you do this?"
Margaret looked directly into his eyes.
"Because you had a home."
David lowered his head.
"You had security."
Silence.
"You had a mother who gave you everything."
His eyes filled with tears.
"And when that woman attacked me, you chose silence."
David whispered:
"I was afraid."
Margaret nodded.
"That's exactly the problem."
She stepped closer.
"You were afraid to stand up for me. Now you are going to learn how to stand up for yourself."
"Please."
"No."
He reached for the doorframe.
Margaret called security.
Two guards appeared.
David looked at his mother one final time.
There was pain in his eyes.
But there was also something else.
The first realization that his mother was not a bottomless bank account.
She was a person.
And he had nearly destroyed her trust.
The door closed.
Margaret turned the deadbolt.
The sound echoed through the hallway.
Then she walked back toward the balcony.
For the first time, she felt something unexpected.
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Not victory.
Relief.
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