Chapter 25 - The Fall Richard tried to flee the country.

Federal agents arrested him at the airport.
Victor agreed to testify.
Several corrupt executives were indicted.
The Hawthorne family lost almost everything.
But Margaret didn't beg.
She sold her remaining jewelry and moved into a modest house.
“I spent my whole life believing wealth made people important,” she told me.
“And now?”
She smiled sadly.
“Now I think kindness does.”
It was the closest thing to an apology she had ever given me.
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I accepted it.
But I didn't forget.
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