The Hawthorne family didn't gather for love. They gathered for the annual reading of the will—a ritual their late patriarch, Arthur, had designed as a kind of posthumous puppet show. The condition was simple: show up every year on the anniversary of his death, or lose your share of the estate.
, the middle child, paced near the fireplace. He had been the "sensitive one" until he’d turned that sensitivity into a bestselling memoir—one that painted Arthur as a benevolent titan. The truth, which Sam had edited out, sat like a stone between him and his siblings.
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Tess's face, for the first time, lost its composure. The Hawthorne family didn't gather for love
Silence. Then Elena laughed—a dry, brittle sound. "He couldn't resist one last round, could he?"
Tess spoke for the first time, her voice soft but surgical. "Arthur loved control. Not people. He told me once, in his final weeks, that he regretted nothing. He said, 'Regret is for people who imagine they could have been different.'" , the middle child, paced near the fireplace
Meanwhile, Jackson, the youngest, was struggling to find his place in the family. He had always felt like he was living in Olivia's shadow, and his parents' constant praise of his sister's accomplishments only added to his feelings of inadequacy. Jackson had begun to act out, getting into trouble at school and pushing the boundaries with his parents.