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.

her, and she ended up working at a biotech company that makes beauty

testing their products, then

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

Murray had a knack for

contribution to their first

founded his own company,

of the IPO, he told Roseanne, "You own half

presented her with a check for fifty million and a deed for some

its peak, and Roseanne was puzzled, "Why

now a

your money or to be

"Mrs. Sherwood," to walk through

"Once I give something away, it's not taken

he wanted to give it,

frequent arguments, Roseanne never thought about

her

on it, if

her shares in the company at the IPO, not a one-time payment in cash and

two million from six years ago plus the

in

million check.

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

Madge understood that her