When Family Betrays: A Scholarship Stolen

avid' s medals-his honor-strewn across the pa

of swallowing insults, of ju

ily's stolen future anym

ts won' t change anything," echoed in the s

ntarily shocked by the

ered medals, then at Rich

resolve set

her. He had underest

knelt to pick up the Distinguished Se

snick

arm. "Richard, really! Bu

Her mind was racing, s

of action, of integrity.

e remembered

ng her stories about his Comman

tegrity, David had

you can' t fight alone," David had made her promise, "co

e a distant, improbable scenar

ere she kept David' s letter

ter, an old Christmas card, with G

erate gamble. But Rich had

r voice surprisingly c

he medals, the broken gl

uncomfortable silence. Rich

mall house, Sar

he memories, the scent of old paper and

d envelope with a return address in W

Mom?" Lily asked, her

romise to your fa

damaged frame and the m

, Lily. We' re go

gton D.C.? But how? We don' t

e the bus,"

mfortable, exhausting. But

vice Cross in her hand. David had e

let his brothe

, a place of transit for

t two one-w

r small town behind, Sarah fe

nger, it was still the