Debts and Despair

Sarah

After a few days, reality truly hit us as the deadline to leave our house approached, and we had no idea what to do. I couldn't believe how selfish our own father had been in spending our entire inheritance on his vices.

We discovered that our father, Patrick Mitchell, was addicted to gambling and had been losing a lot of money for years. He would take out loans and renew them, until it reached the point where he had to sell the company to pay off debts to dangerous people who were threatening him.

"I can't accept this at all. It's absurd that we have to leave our home because of our father's stupidity," Rachel spoke loudly during one of our last breakfasts in our old house.

"You can't talk about our father like that, Rachel. He's dead."

"I can, and I am. How did he manage to lose millions in gambling debts?"

"There were also some business ventures that went wrong..."

"That just makes it worse! An experienced man shouldn't fall for the schemes of opportunists. And look where we