At my grandfather’s funeral, my cousins received his yacht, his penthouse, and his company worth 27 million dollars. I received a small, old envelope. Laughter broke out as I opened it. Inside there was only a plane ticket to Rome. Confused, I still went. When I arrived, a driver held up a sign with my name on it. He said six words that left me stunned – They got millions of dollars at my grandfather’s funeral, I only got one plane ticket, then six words changed everything.

On the day my cousins became millionaires, I walked out of my grandfather’s funeral with a single crumpled envelope in[…]

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