Absent Mother Returns For Inheritance, Regrets It When She Uncovers Her Late Husband’s Plan
A Good Father
Amelia sat at her desk, her eyes scanning the pages of her history textbook, but her mind was elsewhere. The looming specter of her eighteenth birthday next week hung over her like a dark cloud.
It wasn’t the typical excitement of adulthood that weighed on her; it was the knowledge that on that day, she would gain access to the trust fund her father had set up for her.
A trust fund her mother, Martha, had always had her eye on. She shouldn’t have to bear this burden at her age.