What Claire Did With the Money
Chapter 15 - What Claire Did With the Money
The $280,000 finally reached Claire’s protected account.
For days, she could not touch it.
It felt like spending her mother.
Eventually, she paid off the most dangerous part of her divorce debt.
She created college accounts for her children.
She put six months of expenses into savings.
Then she did something nobody expected.
She set aside $30,000 to repair the old detached garage behind the family house.
Noah thought she wanted a studio.
She smiled.
“Something like that.”
Ellen had spent years quietly helping women from her church find temporary housing after divorce, job loss, or family crisis.
Claire wanted to continue that work.
The garage became a small two-bedroom transitional apartment.
No grand nonprofit.
No press release.
Just one family at a time.
Claire named it Ellen’s Room.
When Richard heard about it, he cried.
He asked if he could pay for the new windows.
Claire said no.
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Then, after a long pause, she added:
“But you can install them.”
