After my dad’s funeral, my brother-in-law took over my dad’s company and $500 million, arrogantly stating…
It sounds like something from a TV drama. Sophia likes that kind of stuff. But were all those gifts you sent just a way to look good in front of him? That’s absolutely not true, I tried to explain, but Patrick had already made up his mind and wasn’t interested in believing me.
His words also seemed like a slight against Sophia, and for the first time, I felt a deep divide between us. Ever since that incident, I started to feel really upset with Patrick. He began to mock me openly.
No matter how much you try to win him over, that time has passed. Don’t make me laugh. Go back to where you belong and take care of your troubled students, he would say.
At first, I thought deeply about how I appeared to others and how they saw me, but Patrick’s words showed he was more concerned about himself than our father. His behavior often seemed disrespectful to both his father-in-law and his wife, Sophia. I started to believe that Patrick had married Sophia mainly to get closer to my father’s company and wealth.
He rarely visited my father when he was sick and didn’t help take care of him. Now, all I could do was work as hard as possible to protect the company my father had built. Patrick always sounded polished, but he really just wanted to avoid problems.
On weekends, he would go play golf, claiming it was for business. He hardly ever took care of his own son. He said he wanted his son to learn many skills to eventually take over the business, but he left all the driving and housework to Sophia.
When Sophia showed a bit of unhappiness about this, Patrick would passionately take her hand and say, I’m giving my all for his sake. Now is the time to produce results by any means necessary. Let’s overcome this trial together.
Sophia found it hard to stand up to him and usually just nodded, even though she seemed reluctant. Patrick was good at acting like the perfect husband in front of Sophia, so it’s no surprise she believed him. He shed his true self to me, probably because he thought I was like him.
I eventually got used to Patrick’s mocking, and it didn’t bother me as much. However, when our beloved father passed away, I was heartbroken. I felt a deep sadness and emptiness.
Although Patrick seemed upset about our father’s worsening health, I couldn’t shake the feeling that he had been waiting for this moment. This thought made me very sad and angry. After our father died, Patrick inherited most of our father’s large fortune.
Even though he was just a son-in-law, he had the same rights to the inheritance as Sophia and me, according to my father’s will. He got most of the shares of the company and a lot of wealth. This unexpected turn of events left me speechless.
Even though I was my father’s biological child, I had thought the inheritance would be split fairly among the three of us. But instead, Patrick got almost everything. All I received was an old mini-truck that my father once loved…
