Chapter 8 - Darlene’s Isolation (1,500 words)
[Isolated in her massive, empty suburban home, Darlene experiences the bitter taste of abandonment. Her social club friends, having caught wind of the financial scandal and potential fraud investigation, stop returning her phone calls. Even Nathan, realizing his mother's legal counsel is failing, starts avoiding her calls because she can no longer offer financial bailouts.
Darlene attempts to visit Avery at her sorority house, only to be turned away at the front desk because Avery is furious that her grandmother's illegal actions cost her the luxury Jeep and publicly humiliated her on social media.
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In her despair, Darlene finally realizes that her lifelong obsession with favoring Nathan and Avery over Rebecca and Molly has completely backfired. She reaches out to a mutual acquaintance, trying to arrange a secret, off-the-record meeting with Rebecca, hoping to settle out of court before the criminal referrals are finalized by the prosecutor's office.]
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