Chapter 36: Progress of Past Two Weeks
The taxi arrived in front of their house, and Tyler got out of the car, followed by his mom, who was still trying to confirm if everything that had happened in the last hour was real.
Tyler, meanwhile, kept his thoughts clear. He had already checked off the house and car from his mental to-do list—now it was time to handle the rest.
Before heading up to his room, Tyler pulled out his phone and transferred $300,000 to his mother’s account.
The message he left in the transaction note read simply: "For everything we’ll need for the house."
The money wasn’t just for furniture, though that would be part of it. It was also meant for decor, appliances, household essentials, security installations—everything needed to make the massive house feel like a home.
Tyler was trusting his mom to handle it. She had better taste than him, anyway. And he knew how much she loved managing a household when she wasn’t exhausted from juggling three jobs.
The funds also covered Devin’s upcoming private school enrollment. They’d already agreed as a family that Devin deserved better—no more overcrowded classrooms or worn-down textbooks. It was time for him to experience a better, safer learning environment.
Tyler took the stairs two at a time as he made his way to his room. He had other tasks that needed his full attention.
But before diving into work, his thoughts drifted briefly to school—his school, or rather, the one he used to attend.
It had taken weeks of calculated effort and emotional persuasion to convince his mother to let him drop out.
Helena had been heartbroken at first, even furious. The idea of her son abandoning education—after everything she had endured just to keep him in school—felt like betrayal.