Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Or maybe predatory lending?

Five million... He could work his entire life, forgo food and drink, and still not save up that amount.

Roseanne's voice wavered with guilt, "I haven't been completely idle over the years. I've managed to save a bit of money."

That's when Madge, who had been silent, finally spoke up-

"How did you manage that?"

Her gaze was sharp, piercing.

Roseanne sighed, realizing that Madge had, to some extent, heard the rumors swirling around.

"Mom, all the money's legit, made it all by myself. It's all good, and I've spent it without any guilt."

And that was the truth.

Back in the day, to be with her, Murray Sherwood had risked estrangement from his family.

Naylor, in an attempt to discipline him, cut off all his credit cards and ordered Beverley not to provide any financial assistance.

During their hardest times, the couple squeezed into a tiny basement apartment that leaked when it rained. They were cold in body but warm in heart.

When Murray tried to start his own business and needed seed money, Roseanne took on various odd jobs to save up.

working at a biotech company that makes

their products, then providing skin data to

came when Roseanne wrote a program to batch process the sample data, turning a complex task into a simple, efficient, and highly accurate process. The company offered half a million for the program, but Roseanne didn't immediately accept. After discussing

out Murray had a knack for

Roseanne's contribution to their

money, Murray founded his own company, which became a

IPO, he told Roseanne, "You

check for fifty million and a deed

their relationship was at its peak, and Roseanne was puzzled,

money and land, you're now

don't want your money

to walk

insisted, "Once I give something

if he wanted to give it,

years, despite their frequent arguments, Roseanne never thought about

her mind to

on it, if Murray truly

have given her shares in the company at the IPO, not a one-time

million from six years ago plus the years of companionship and

in accepting the

million check.

the complexity of their story was something she didn't want to burden her parents with, to spare

Madge understood that her