court.
Mom stopped calling after I refused to pay for Lena’s wedding.
Lena moved into a modest apartment instead of a six-bedroom mansion.
She blocked me.
I slept beautifully.
One year later, I was studying finance two states away.
My trust paid tuition directly and invested the remainder under rules I had chosen with Miriam and the independent trustee.
I rented a small apartment with enormous windows and bought a used car using money I had earned myself.
On my nineteenth birthday, a card arrived from Mom.
Inside, she had
