My Mother Refused to Pay My 13-Year-Old for Six Weeks of Work. Forty-Eight Hours Later, the Labor Board Knocked.

this stop.”

“Make what stop?”

“The investigation. The labor board. The IRS. That reporter. They’re all asking questions. They’re looking at our books. They’re talking about fines and shutting us down. Make it stop.”

“Why would I do that?”

“Because we’re family.”

I laughed—a sharp, humorless sound. “Now we’re family. Interesting.”

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