Chapter 8 - THE LEGACY OF DESIGN
The studio was thriving. E. Whitmore & Co. became synonymous with integrity, beauty, and resilience. Eleanor had achieved everything she had set out to do. She had moved past the betrayal, past the humiliation, and past the shadows of her marriage.
She went back to the Whitmore estate for Ruth’s eighty-fifth birthday. The house was quiet, filled with people who actually loved Ruth, not for her money, but for the fierce, unbreakable woman she was.
Eleanor walked through the garden, the place where she had first discovered her worth. She was at peace. She was whole. And she was finally, undeniably, herself.
