Branded a Scam Builder by My Own Mom
On the day of the topping-out ceremony for the resettlement housing, my mother, Diana Knowles, insists on reporting me to the authorities for shoddy workmanship.
It's all because my cousin, Marco Sanford, went to play at the construction site, stepped into the freshly set cement, and scraped his knee.
"You think you're so great just because you built a couple of buildings?" Mom screams at me.
"I can't just stand by and watch you put the whole town in danger just to make millions of dollars by pocketing the difference!"
Marco clutches his bandage and explains quietly, "It's all my fault for climbing over the fence to play there, Aunt Diana. The construction workers even tried to stop me.