“But I don’t know where wanting a son ended and wanting the money began.”

There may never be an answer.

Human motives overlap.

PART 69 — MY TEENAGERS GROW UP

Emily left for college.

Noah learned to drive.

Daisy became the small person chasing both of them through the house demanding attention.

Neither resented her.

Not because siblings in blended/legal families automatically become saints.

They fought.