I'm looking for stories in which the mc is forgotten or is treated as an outsider by his family. He eventually does something that elevates him in status and they come begging for his forgiveness. I prefer if the thing he does to elevate his status is the main part of the story and the family's forgiveness is secondary. it doesn't matter if the family is forgiven or not I just want them forgetting him to be a driving force for him doing the thing that raises his status
There was a rather good one suggested on the forum recently, but I can't find the author or the title. The son has a valuable patent stolen from him by his father, but he eventually gets revenge on his family by rendering the patent worthless and dodging at the last minute the patsy they set him up to marry. Hopefully someone else has a good memory.
AJ
DAMN! I recently read this but for the life of me I can't remember the title! :(
I THINK I FOUND IT!
WTSman - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
https://storiesonline.net/s/13500/speak-now-or-forever-hold-your-peace
WTSman - Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
"Well GT," Ms. Ingalls said. "I am really not an expert, but I would guess that by now the patents are legally your father's intellectual property. You'd be hard pressed to recover them. ...
"But," I continued, "it is obvious I cannot trust Marcie and it is equally obvious that she does not respect me. In fact she has deceived me and manipulated me and sided with my enemies. So there will be no wedding."