Clara hesitated.

"I don't want it because you feel sorry for me."

"I don't."

"Then why?"

"Because you have something money can't buy."

"What?"

"Courage."

Clara smiled.

"That's a dangerous thing to say to someone who was almost fired."

Julian laughed softly.

It was the first time she had heard him laugh.

The foundation began helping workers who had been mistreated by wealthy employers.

Clara became its director.

She didn't become rich overnight.

She didn't suddenly forget where she came from.

She simply gained something she had never possessed before.

A choice.