The $770,000 from the sale didn’t feel like a victory.
It felt like balance finally being restored.
I used part of the money to pay off my student loans—the ones I had because my father stole my college fund.
Then, together with Patty, I created the Linda Mercer Foundation, named after my mother.
The foundation provides scholarships for girls who lose their mothers young—girls who must build their lives alone, just like I did.
Moving Forward
Dalton and his wife eventually moved into a small apartment. His reputation within her family never recovered.
