Chapter 17 - HELEN’S MOTHER
Helen's mother, Evelyn Brooks, entered the story quietly.
She had divorced Arthur twenty years earlier.
Helen mostly grew up with him.
Evelyn told Naomi something surprising.
“Helen has been competing with Silas since she was twelve.”
Why?
Arthur constantly compared them.
“Uncle Silas built this.”
“Uncle Silas saved that.”
“Uncle Silas understands business.”
Helen learned achievement meant visibility.
Her cultural tower was supposed to be her proof.
When funding collapsed, she felt her identity collapse too.
Explanation.
Not excuse.
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Naomi had heard enough explanations to know the difference.
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