Later, Robert told me that Margaret had lost everything fighting the charges. The $200,000 that now belonged to my children and me was just the beginning. Legal fees, a brief stint in jail for breaking and entering, and social disgrace in her country club circles completed her downfall.
I did not rejoice in its destruction. But I was comforted to know that Ryan’s last act was to protect us… from her, from uncertainty, and from the cruelty of fate.
The universe has a way of balancing things out. Ryan knew it. In the end, Margaret knew it too.
