Chapter 12 - ETHAN HEARS ABOUT MONEY
I did not want Ethan knowing.
School gossip did it.
Another child said:
“My mom says your uncle broke your leg for millions.”
Ethan came home furious.
“Do I have millions?”
“No.”
“Then why did he say that?”
I explained the trust simply.
“Great-Grandpa left land.”
“Do I own it?”
“Part someday.”
“How much?”
“You don’t need the number.”
“Is that why Tyler hit me?”
I paused.
“We’re still finding out.”
He looked at his cast.
“If I didn’t have it, would he not hit me?”
That question wrecked me.
“No money makes what he did your fault.”
He stared.
“Can I give it away?”
“You don’t have to decide anything now.”
“I don’t want it.”
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Trauma had converted inheritance into contamination.
Exactly what trusts are not supposed to do.
