Chapter 8

I never saw Matthew and Patrick again.

Any news about them reached us through the internet. After the divorce, the brothers remained unmarried and did not seem to date either.

They became known as the "Young Monks."

As for Megan, after leaving the Brosnan family, she had no real skills to rely on and became some rich man’s secret mistress.

Eventually, her affair was discovered by the man’s wife, who beat her mercilessly.

Megan was then sold to a red-light district, where she became a prostitute, developed a drug addiction, and contracted AIDS and other diseases.

She had long lost the glamorous image she had as the Rose of the Brosnan family.

In the end, on a cold winter night, she committed suicide by jumping from a building, leaving behind no farewell words.

After Sarah and I took the time to recuperate, we embarked on the entrepreneurial journey we had long envisioned.

We excelled in handmade crafts and beauty products.

As we had very little money, we began by sellin