From Servant to Sovereign

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silence, t

re you doing?" Mark yel

behind him. "A

wail of outrage. "My mother' s

rs digging in. "You' ll pay fo

ologize? For what? For fina

verything for Dad! I cooked, I cleaned, I changed his so

!" Ben shouted

r down payments, Mark? And you, Ben? Was that a lie too? Mo

stunned, t

ul for our mother!" Eleanor cri

. "My place is to be your servant while you

Mark insisted,

es, but what about my life? My family? Tom and Alex

dramatically. "Oh, my heart

one she' d used on

' t work. I saw the ca

d, my voice flat. "It

a flicker of panic in their eyes.

the door, their faces pale. They wanted no pa

d," Susan whispered to Chloe

ht. I didn' t care about the b

se of lightne