Chapter 18 Assets

• Cyrus' hand was tightly clenched into a fist after he listened to Caleb's well-meaning words.
• He raised his head slightly as he fixed his piercing eyes on Caleb.
• "I treated that man like a father. However, has he ever treated me like family? Cyril was the one who provoked a powerful family. So, why am I the one being sent to prison? Don't answer that. I know precisely why. It's because I don't know how to sweet talk my way out of a problem. I don't flatter his smarmy *ss just to get what I want. It's because my mother comes from a humble background. Still, does that mean I should live in humiliation? I wouldn't mind if that were the case. Yet, they took things too far! They shouldn't have killed my mother!"