All Chapters of My Brother's Leeching Cost Me My Marriage: Chapter 11 - Chapter 12

That night, I lay awake in the hotel room, unable to sleep.Andre held me in his arms and whispered, "You did the right thing. Some hurdles just have to be crossed."At 4:00 am, Mom called."Vivian, we agree to your conditions," she said in a voice heavy with exhaustion and humiliation.The next day, Dad had a successful surgery. He was moved to a regular ward but remained unconscious.Outside the ward, Mom bowed to Andre and me in front of Aunt Eunice."Vivian, Andre, I'm sorry. Your father and I were wrong. We were blind and never should have treated you that way," she apologized, tears streaming down her face. "We failed you and Charles too."As I looked at her white hair, the weight I'd been carrying in my heart for so many years finally started to lift."It's all in the past now," I said.Then, I set about handling matters back home. I hired an agent to sell the old house, netting two million dollars.After that, I tracked down Harry in a neighboring state. When he saw m