The Billionaire in the Background

I’m April, and I’m twenty-six years old. My grandfather’s funeral was supposed to be about honoring his memory, but instead, it turned into the most humiliating day of my life. I watched my family divide up his empire like vultures while I got handed an envelope with a plane ticket.

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Chapter 1: The Reading

The reading of Grandpa Robert’s will took place in his lawyer’s mahogany-paneled office downtown. The air smelled of old leather and expensive cologne, a scent that usually comforted me but today made my stomach churn.