My mother called me every day and begged me to just compromise with Skylar. “This is tearing the family apart, Riley,” she pleaded.

“No, Mom. Skylar’s greed is tearing the family apart,” I told her. “You’re just watching it happen.”

I decided it was time to end the games. I called them both and invited them to the cabin for dinner.

“I’ll give you the answers you want,” I told them. They arrived on a Friday evening in Skylar’s expensive car.

Skylar walked into the cabin and looked around with pure disgust. “Still living in the dirt, I see.”

I didn’t say anything until we were all seated at the table. Then I placed the mineral survey right in front of her.