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.

someone recommended her, and she ended up working at a biotech company that

she was testing their products, then

Roseanne wrote a program to batch process the sample data, turning a complex task into a simple, efficient, and highly accurate process.

for business, eventually

Roseanne's contribution to their first big

Murray founded his own company, which became a market leader within

told Roseanne, "You own half of

with a check for fifty million and a deed for some

relationship was at its peak, and

land, you're now a little

your money or to be

to walk through life hand

give something away, it's not taken

he wanted to give it, let him. She never

arguments, Roseanne

up her

on it, if Murray

shares in the company at

plus the years of companionship and

justified in accepting

million check.

something she didn't want to burden her parents with, to spare

Madge understood that her