Chapter 157

Erik's POV 

My anger clouded my ability to see that my family was hurting. My father had a broken heart from losing my mother and instead of being there and trying to work things out, I stayed away.

But as I walked through the cold, mountain air, there was one thing that weighed heavier on my mind than anything else: money.

I had never sent my father and brother a single dime of money to help them out. Even after I sold my business and had more money than I knew what to do with, it had never dawned on me to give back to them. I hadn't offered to pay for the salary of a manager for the funeral home so they could take a break. I had given my flesh and blood absolutely nothing.

The thought of my selfishness was almost too much to handle. Never had I thought of myself as a heartless person. I had always played the victim of a father who didn't love me and disowned me when I went to college. My version of the story had clouded what my father had been going th