“The very same. You are now the primary shareholder and beneficiary of an estate valued in the billions. However,” he paused, “there is one condition.”
Those words—“one condition”—hung in the air like thunder.
My story wasn’t over. It was only changing chapters.
The Billion-Dollar Condition
Two days later, I sat in a skyscraper conference room fifty stories above downtown Chicago. The city stretched below like a sea of glass and light.
Across from me sat David Lin, polished and professional, flipping through a file thick enough to anchor a ship.
“Before we proceed,” he said, “you need to understand the stipulation in your uncle’s will.”
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