“Money doesn’t change a bedpan, Thomas.”
When the lawyer finally arrived—a young woman named Patel with kind eyes and a folder thick as a bible—the atmosphere tightened. She read the standard legalese. The house, as expected, went to all four in equal shares. The investments, divided. But the lake house, that small cottage on Seneca Lake where Eleanor had spent her happiest summers, went not to Claire, not to Margaret, but to Daniel.
The antagonist must believe they are protecting the family. A controlling mother should act out of a distorted desire to keep her children safe from the mistakes she made.
Margaret’s face drained of color. “That’s impossible. He’s the failure. He lived off her for fifteen years.”
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