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.

ended up working at a biotech company that

was testing their products, then providing

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

a knack for business, eventually selling the

Roseanne's contribution to their first big

own company, which became a

he told

for fifty million and a deed for

at its peak, and Roseanne was puzzled, "Why are

land, you're now a little landlady," he

want your money or to

Sherwood," to walk

insisted, "Once I give something away,

he wanted to give it, let him.

their frequent arguments, Roseanne never thought

she made up her mind to leave

if Murray

wanted a lifelong commitment, he should have given her shares in the company at the IPO, not a one-time payment in cash and

plus the years of companionship and care, made Roseanne

justified in accepting

million check.

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

Madge understood that her