A Mother Adored: From Office Outcast to CEO's Beloved novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: Not for Sale
The lawyer left, and my father went in to find another beer.
My aunt followed him, and the screen door banged twice.
My brother stood by the buckets and watched me.
"Walk with me," I said to Nolan.
I did not wait.
I walked out past the machine shed to the middle of the yard, where the gravel ran out and the cow pasture began.
He caught up and stopped an arm's length away.
"You promised me," I said.
My voice came out low, and it shook.
"On the stairs, with your hand on your chest, you said I could do my part."
"I did."
"I said don't manage me.
"I said don't rescue me.
"Four hours ago I told you what I wanted, and you stood by a car and bought my mother's field behind my back."
"Yes."
"Eighteen thousand dollars, Nolan.
"Do you know what that makes me?
"That makes me the girl whose boyfriend paid off the farm.
"Tate was right about every word he put in that group chat."
"It does not," he said.
"It does," I said, and my voice cracked.
"I could have fought that note in court.
"The signature was forged.
"I would have won."
"In eleven months," he said.
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