A Mother's Cold Resolve

r, Sarah made a

," she told Mark, her

upscale townhouse, in a desirable neighborhood, was their

lained, not meeting his eye. "I' ve deposited $500,000

he bank statemen

awning elation on his face. "Five hundred tho

ver everythin

l praised Sarah' s decisiveness, attributing it to the

ted less than se

s face a mask of despair,

is voice cracking. "She... sh

h wa

" Mark continued, "that you clearly believed in the power

ked, her voice d

mber. It cost $200,000. Tiffany delivered it herself this morning. Mom said it'

k, and utterly useless machin

k. "She spent nearly h

an investment," Mark mumbled,

ded slowl

g than any rage could have bee

actual medical treatment is

Mark ad

et this ha

y did! But she wouldn' t listen. And

wasn't quite as he imagined; it had always been solely in her name, a detail her father had