My daughter, Emily, stood behind him. She didn’t say a word. She just stared at the floor, twisting her wedding ring around her finger like she suddenly found it very interesting.
Eight years.
Eight years they had lived under my roof.
Eight years of “temporary” help while they got on their feet.
Eight years of me paying the property taxes, fixing the broken water heater, and pretending not to notice when Connor lost another job because his “boss didn’t respect him.”
And now?
Now they had $95 million.
And suddenly I was the problem.