Chapter 1 - FOUR BOWLS OF RAMEN

Use the supplied PART 1 as the official opening chapter.
It ends with Julian telling his pregnant wife that he can have a hundred wives but only one mother, while Eleanor proudly insists that every dollar her son earns belongs under her control.
Then Vivian reveals two things Julian never expected:
Eleanor has been quietly sending most of his salary to his younger brother in Ohio.
And the five-million-dollar Manhattan penthouse Julian has spent years calling “my house” is not his.
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He has no idea whose name is actually on the deed.
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