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Jade Small
Jade Small
February 17, 2022 ·  5 min read

Old Widower Who Lived in Dirty Trailer Left $5.4M Inheritance to Lady Who Isn’t One of His 6 Children – a Short Story

Could you imagine being left millions by someone you did not even realize had money to begin with? What if you were not even a child or partner to that person? What a surprise! One would imagine that a surprise like this would be a happy one, but that was not the case for Kirsty, the girl in our story that was inspired by the readers at AmoMama. Even though she had been left a fortune, that fortune came with a lot of baggage.

Kirsty was 20 years old and studying to become a doctor. She worked really hard to get into university and was there on a scholarship. Somehow, Kirsty still managed to work as a bartender at night and study during the day. She also helped her uncle Greg with small tasks. Her uncle had taken ill and was living in a trailer. She could not bear to see her uncle and two dogs suffer and so she helped him when he was too weak to do things himself.

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A terminal illness

Greg had cancer and had been given not long to live. Kirsty had always been close with her mother’s brother, and that is why she chose to help him. Even though the man had children of his own, her cousins, it seemed nobody cared for him other than her. She felt incredibly sad for her uncle, dying alone in his trailer. His children did not care to help in any way, they did not even visit their father.

Kirsty was overwhelmed, but since losing her mother, her uncle was all she had left. Her cousins did not care for her either, so she did not consider them to be family either. In her mind, when her uncle eventually passed, she would have no family left.

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A year went by

A year passed and Kirsty watched her dear uncle whither away. Eventually, the sickly man passed away in his sleep. Kirsty had not heard from him in two days, so she went to check up on him and his dogs. She found him in his bed, with his dogs curled up at his feet. Kirsty was devastated, even though she had known for a long time that this day was coming. She took some time from school and work and made arrangements to have her uncle buried. She called her cousins to let them know that their father had died, and none of them wanted a funeral. So, Kirsty said goodbye to the man on her own, none of his children pitched up and he had no friends.

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A week passed after the death of uncle Greg, and Kirsty received a phone call. It was a lawyer. She was not prepared in the slightest for what she was about to hear. The lawyer told her that she needed to attend the reading of Greg’s will. She wondered what the point was, the man had died with nothing but a trailer and two dogs.

The will

Kirsty got ready the next morning to go to the lawyer’s office. She was still puzzled by the phone call. Nonetheless, she arrived at his office to see what was in the will. As she walked in the door, she noticed all six of his children in the waiting room. She had not seen her cousins in many years. The youngest asked her what she was doing there, to which she replied she had no idea. Soon after arriving, Kirsty and her cousins were called into the office.

The lawyer explained that Greg had left a large fortune behind. 5.4 Million dollars to be exact. Kirsty was shocked and confused. Her uncle lived in a trailer, she bought his dog’s food and took care of him! If he was so wealthy, why did he not have help?

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The Children and the letter

Kirsty looked around the room and saw how excited her cousins all were. They were waiting to hear how much each of them was getting from the estate of their father. All Kirsty felt was pity and sadness, these people did not care about Greg at all. And then, the lawyer spoke. Kirsty’s entire world was rocked. Her uncle had left the entire 5.4 million to her. Not a single cent was going to his children. It was like a blur as Kirsty realized she now had six very angry people around her. Her youngest cousin, Megan, even tried to attack her in rage. Eventually, Kirsty was escorted out of the office and told to go home while they tried to calm her cousins down. As she was leaving, the lawyer handed her an envelope containing a letter from her uncle Greg.

Kirsty drove home, still in shock. She pulled up to her driveway and decided to open the letter. It explained that he did not want his children to receive a dime. Kirsty was not to give them anything at all, no matter what.

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As the weeks went on, she was constantly harrassed by her cousins, some even threatening to kill her. It had now reached a point where she was scared and even willing to give the money up to get them to leave her alone. She could not focus at school, the money was not worth her sanity.

The donation

Kirsty thought back to her uncle’s letter, he had instructed her to not give his children any of the money, no matter what. She felt stuck. And then, it hit her. She knew what she would do with the money. Kirsty asked her university for an out-of-state transfer and made the plan to move. She was not going to tell anyone where she was going. But first, she was going to get rid of the money. She wanted nothing to do with the thing that had brought her so much fear. Kirsty made a few sizeable donations to various charities, kept a little bit to help her so she did not have to work while in school. And then, Kirsty left. She left her terrible cousins behind, wondering where she had gone. She did however, make sure that they knew the money had been donated.

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Kirsty went on to live her life, while Greg’s six children spent theirs living in hatred.

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This story was inspired by an original piece of fiction that first appeared on AmoMama. Any similarities between this story and actual people is purely coincidental