Chapter 8 - The Climb
The next three years were a blur of success. Without the weight of my family holding me down, my career skyrocketed.
I was promoted to Senior Director at the marketing firm by the time I was twenty-five. I traveled to Paris, London, and Tokyo for business. I fell in love with a wonderful, kind man named Mark, who understood my past and respected the fierce independence it had given me.
My credit was completely restored. The federal government had wiped the fraudulent loans from my record, transferring the debt squarely onto my parents and brother.
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I occasionally checked in on Julian's whereabouts through mutual acquaintances. The golden boy had lost all his shine. Because of his felony record, he couldn't get a corporate job. He was working the graveyard shift at a gas station, living in a cramped, moldy studio apartment, having his wages garnished by the government to pay me back.
He was finally living the life he had earned.
