Chapter 13 - The Truth About My Mother's Seventy-Seven Days Finally Came OutThe investigation revealed everything.
David Sterling had deliberately withheld employee wages.
The stolen money funded Thomas Vale's network.
My mother had unknowingly been part of a financial trail that helped expose them.
Her seventy-seven days of unpaid labor became the key evidence.
Because she had kept every work log.
Every schedule.
Every shift.
Every unpaid hour.
Every purple star.
The court ordered Sterling's company to pay every employee.
Mom received all her missing wages.
She also received compensation.
But she didn't spend it on herself.
She opened a small bakery.
I helped choose the name.
Seven Stars Bakery.
Mom laughed when she saw it.
“Why seven?”
I pointed toward Vincent.
“Because he had seven guards.”
Vincent shook his head.
“Six.”
“Seven.”
Everyone laughed.
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For the first time, our family had something we hadn't had in years.
Peace.
