Silas leaves a note on a badly parked car: "Money can't buy parking skills." Rhett, the car's owner, doesn't get mad—he pockets the note and starts showing up everywhere: switching seats in class, tracking Silas down at his auto repair job, even helping Silas's dad fix a fence. Rhett has money, a sports car, and family connections—but Silas's cold "you don't deserve it" keeps him grounded. When Rhett walks away from his family's fortune, sells his last personal assets, and pays off the foreclosure on Silas's father's shop, Silas doesn't thank him. He throws the paperwork back: "You promised you'd ask first. You promised not to decide for me." Rhett freezes—and realizes that
