Triumph Above All novel

Before Nicholas could say anything, Clarrisa grabbed Harlan’s arm and said, “Oh thank goodness that you’re back. Or else, I’d be bullied by Mr. Wexler!”

“What are you talking about, mom?” Harlan looked confused as he knew that Nicholas would never bully his mother since they were still considered close.

Clarrisa glared at Nicholas and complained to Harlan. “Oh, it’s about that old house of mine. You did so much work to get close to Mr. Wexler and yet he only agreed to give me 3.5 million dollars. If we had to factor in how much we spent that night on the meal, we only get about three million dollars at most. But the thing is, Mr. Wexler gave Nathaniel’s family ten million dollars in front of me earlier. I was just trying to reason with him earlier, but not only did he tell me to scram, he even asked who you thought you were to compare yourself to Skylar. I’m pretty sure that Mr. Wexler is a mad man because he addressed Skylar as Mr. Stone earlier. I mean, Skylar is nothing more than a b*stard child, I don’t think he’s better than you are, right?”

vividly remembered how Skylar came to cause a scene at their office. That scene humiliated them in front of

could say anything, Nicholas scoffed and said, “I don’t care if that mother-in-law of yours insults me, but don’t ever

seen much of the world yet. She means well, so I hope you can forgive her for that. Look, you’re friends with Mr. Jamerson and he’s an old classmate of mine. Regardless,

not only is he an outsider, he’s a b*stard too. My mom is

wondered what was wrong with that

so he