It turned out Richard had also established a trust.
It wasn’t the enormous fortune that everyone believed I had been trying to obtain, but it was enough money that I would never again have to fear losing the roof over my head or having to choose between paying for housing and buying food.
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Rebecca stared at me.
“So she’s getting money after all?”
The lawyer looked at her.
“Your father’s wishes were completely clear.”
Silence filled the room.
I looked at the letter again.
The lawyer picked it up and read the final sentence aloud:
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“She entered my life because she was looking for security. But she gave me something no amount of money could ever buy. Make sure she never has to be afraid again.”
That was when I broke down crying.
Not because I had received an inheritance.
But because Richard knew the most uncomfortable truth about how our relationship had begun…
