He did not defend the old system.
That was how our relationship began healing.
Not through speeches.
Through changed behavior.
THE PALM BEACH HOUSE
I did not continue living in the mansion.
Too many rooms belonged to other people’s performances.
The formal dining room where Mavis humiliated staff.
The bedroom where Grant answered Delaney’s messages.
The wine cellar hiding Victor’s records.
I transferred the property into the Bellamy Center for Family Economic Safety.
The bedrooms became temporary housing for people escaping financially coercive marriages.
The library became a legal clinic.
The ballroom hosted workshops on identity theft, hidden debt, and retirement abuse.
The kitchen remained a kitchen.
Families cooked there together.
No one was punished with dishes.
When the center opened, reporters asked whether converting the mansion was revenge against the Holloways.
“No,” I answered.
“Then why this building?”
“Because a house should protect the people living inside it.”
