My Mother-in-Law Shoved My Mom Into the Pool at My Wedding—Then a $4.2 Million Secret Brought the Sterling Family Down

I took a breath.

“The merger has nothing to do with Martha’s dignity.”

“It has to do with the family’s public image.”

That sentence settled something for me.

My mother was being treated as part of the Sterling public image.

Not as a person.

Ethan didn’t seem to hear what he was saying.

He picked up his glass.