Billionaire Takes All
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“Please don't be sad for me. I'm with your mother now and all the pain is gone. I couldn't fathom a better place to be.
“Lastly, this competition will stay in place until the terms are met. Fall in love, have children, find happiness.
“I’m incredibly proud to have called you my children. I love you both.
“Signed, William, an old fool, who learned far too late, that being a father was what truly made him a rich man.”
The heavy silence in the room that followed was broken only by soft sobbing.
“Looks like you won, little brother.” Richard hugged me. “Congratulations. The inheritance is yours.”
The victory sank in my stomach like a hot rock.
Richard and Gloria were planning on having kids eventually, just not right now. They wanted to explore the world together and nourish their passions for entrepreneurship. They shouldn’t be punished for not falling in love faster. If I took all the money for myself I’d truly have learned nothing.
NO, it couldn’t end this way.
“I’m not a very good millionaire, let alone billionaire,” I said, wiping my eyes and addressing the group. “With the way Richard and I have treated each other over the years, neither of us deserve this money.”
“What are you saying?” Richard asked.
“Let’s step out of the long King shadow for awhile. We’re all doing fine with our own ventures; we don’t need the fortune. I’m saying we give it all to our kids when they’re old enough.”
“It’ll be a present from their grandparents,” Molly said, her beautiful red-rimmed eyes glistening with hope.
“I like the idea of that, little brother.” Richard put an arm around my shoulder. “Let’s let the burden of tradition skip a generation.”
“You do realize that means were all going to have to put up with each other for the next few decades, at least.” Gloria smirked, clearly enjoying the idea.
“I’m instituting a King dinner night! We’re going to practice being a family.” Molly beamed with ideas of future events. I loved her so damn much. “Tonight can be our trial run, what do you think?”
“I’m down. And as Dad would say, ‘if it’s worth doing once…’” I looked at Richard expectantly with my own smirk.
“Really?” Richard sighed, placing his hands on his hips. I nodded. “Fine. It’s worth doing a thousand times.”
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