charloft: Wealth [locked from family and friends]

Tonight, show us wealth. Please keep in mind that wealth can take many forms, so don't feel limited to any one definition of the word. Bonus: Tell us how you came by your fortune..or how you lost it.

We've always been well off. Even after the Pulse, my mom never really seemed to struggle for anything. Sure, we moved around a bit, but I never had a cold night or an empty stomach in my life until she died. Technically, I never really have even now because I have friends and family that take care of me.

However, when I went back home to empty a lock box that my mother had, I got a few surprises. The biggest was the letter that confirmed what my mother had told me about Dean being my father. But there was more.

My grandparents were investors when they were young adults. Apparently they had taken stock in technologies like Apple and Microsoft back when they first appeared. When they died... Mom was their only child, so they vested the stocks to her with the stipulation that they continue onto me in the event of her death.

I'm not going to tell you how many there were, but let's just say I'm never going to hurt for money.

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