All Chapters of The Price of Forgiveness: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

FlashBack Continued:It took two days, but my parents told me at dinner that someone had bought our house. And that by next month, our rent would be cut in half."That's amazing!" I gasped. "Why are they cutting it?"My dad answered, "Apparently, they want to preserve the neighbourhood. A large developer is interested in buying up the land and someone doesn't want to let them. So they're keeping people here for cheaper so no one will sell.""Does that mean I can quit my job?" I didn't want to seem as excited as I did. I wanted to be able to spend time with Jake, though. Jake and maybe make more friends at school if I could spare the time."No, this means you can start saving your money for university." Mom said. "If we can manage to pay everything ourselves, and you maintain your scholarship, then all the money you've been making can go to paying for you to go to school.""If you work harder now, you won't have to work harder later." Dad agreed.They were right, I knew that. Besides..

Laura and Lincoln both looked shocked. Fear settled back into Coral’s wide eyes. And Jacob stilled beside me.It was almost a powerful feeling knowing how much my next words could damage their sense of control. But I knew that the outcome was very unlikely to be in my favour so I simply turned to Jacob.“She was the girl I met yesterday at the spa. Her husband paid me $100,000 for my spot.” I looked back at Coral and tilted my head, fighting my smile and tone to be as mocking and humiliating as possible. “Why didn’t you come with your husband? Surely you wouldn’t trade someone as powerful and considerate as you described him to be for—no offense Brody—him. I know you’re new to the administration side of business, but that really seems like a bad trade.”Lincoln choked out a laugh but Laura seemed almost mortified. She wasn’t offended though, and readily watched the show with her husband.Coral glanced nervously at Jacob. If Jacob dared to support her now, he would quickly learn how mu