program?”
“Six months.”
“Personal contribution requirement?”
Selina stiffened.
“Yes.”
Dad nodded.
“Then you earned it.”
Her face softened in surprise.
For years, Selina had assumed people with money moved through secret doors unavailable to everyone else.
Maybe that was partly why she judged me so harshly when she thought I had little.
Now she had unknowingly received help from a program my mother created specifically for women like her.
Life could be absurdly circular.
Rowan sat back.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
Selina lowered her eyes.
“Because I was ashamed.”
