chair, all her blood rushing to her head at
once, the sudden rush of adrenaline flowing throughout her
body, followed by a surge of excitement she had never
experienced before. She couldn’t help letting go of Destiny’s
hand and putting them both out in front of herself instructing Mr
Wallace to repeat it to her again, forgetting her two younger
siblings were also present, oblivious to the sheer look of
discomfort of Wallace’s expression whilst glancing over to
Destiny and Chase. Anthony Wallace reluctantly replied,
“Sixteen million pounds, to be awarded to you Miss Ella!”
coughing with embarrassment for her brother and sister, he
continued with his list of their fathers personal collections, that
went completely over her head. Each grandchild was granted
five million, to be put into a trust until the age of twenty one.
Ella was surprised to discover that her father had left her mother
his entire collection of Brahms 3 rd symphony and all his other
classical music, the value reaching well over a million pounds,
as many were originals, signed and sealed with the composers
signature. Ella was in a complete whirl, dismissing the look of
disbelief on Destiny’s face, until she approached her shortly
afterwards as they were all departing Wallace’s Offices.
“I am not cross with you Ella, I think you deserve it, you were
always the favorite daughter. I hope you enjoy it, I never
imagined I would receive this amount of money in my lifetime,
and I had no idea our father had all this money. To be honest
I’m in complete shock as what to do with it!”
With this Ella gave Destiny a huge embrace and kissed her on
the cheek, trying to hold her tears back as she witnessed
Destiny’s swollen eyes.
“I am sorry that you didn’t receive as much as Chase and me.”
“It’s not your fault E
lla, don’t worry, right now I couldn’t care
less about the money, all I ever wanted was his love and
approval, and no amount of money can give me that.”
Ella found she was suddenly speechless and sensed
Destiny’s
need to leave, they both promised that they would call each
other in the week. Ella was aware that poor Destiny was
struggling with the fact her and their father had never made
amends before his death. Ella felt for her so much, they were
the closest sisters imaginable and was in contact daily over the
telephone, the guilt Destiny was feeling was one of loss and
regret the finality of death, its inability to communicate no
longer. Ella knew Destiny was secretly mourning their father’s
loss more so than Chase and herself.
Chase finally approached Ella, putting his hand on her shoulder,
biting his lower lip to hold the tears back and said,
“Congratulations’ sis, spend it wisely! I love you, be sure to stay
in touch, don’t go leaving the country in a hurry, and let me
know your plans.”
With this he gave Ella one of his killer smiles and departed,
before she could summon the words to reply.
Now her brother and sister had made their speedy departure, she
shyly approached Wallace, as he ushered her to his desk.
“Ella, my dear, you father asked me to give you these!”
Wallace handed her three large brown envelopes, which were
sealed and addressed to Destiny, Chase and herself! She
couldn’t help feeling the enormous weight of them, which she
found rather peculiar. Before she could enquire to what they
were, Wallace broke his silence.
“I was given strict instructions to give them to you Ella, your
father also advised me in a letter to give you these in private,
that upon opening yours, it would be your decision to pass them
onto your brother and sister, he believed as you are the eldest,
you’d know what to do with them.”
Ella
couldn’t help but think, how bizarre, why her? Why should
she have these in her possession? Despite her been the eldest,
she couldn’t understand her father’s logic, she wondered what
they contained? Why the secrecy? Surely they were
once, the sudden rush of adrenaline flowing throughout her
body, followed by a surge of excitement she had never
experienced before. She couldn’t help letting go of Destiny’s
hand and putting them both out in front of herself instructing Mr
Wallace to repeat it to her again, forgetting her two younger
siblings were also present, oblivious to the sheer look of
discomfort of Wallace’s expression whilst glancing over to
Destiny and Chase. Anthony Wallace reluctantly replied,
“Sixteen million pounds, to be awarded to you Miss Ella!”
coughing with embarrassment for her brother and sister, he
continued with his list of their fathers personal collections, that
went completely over her head. Each grandchild was granted
five million, to be put into a trust until the age of twenty one.
Ella was surprised to discover that her father had left her mother
his entire collection of Brahms 3 rd symphony and all his other
classical music, the value reaching well over a million pounds,
as many were originals, signed and sealed with the composers
signature. Ella was in a complete whirl, dismissing the look of
disbelief on Destiny’s face, until she approached her shortly
afterwards as they were all departing Wallace’s Offices.
“I am not cross with you Ella, I think you deserve it, you were
always the favorite daughter. I hope you enjoy it, I never
imagined I would receive this amount of money in my lifetime,
and I had no idea our father had all this money. To be honest
I’m in complete shock as what to do with it!”
With this Ella gave Destiny a huge embrace and kissed her on
the cheek, trying to hold her tears back as she witnessed
Destiny’s swollen eyes.
“I am sorry that you didn’t receive as much as Chase and me.”
“It’s not your fault E
lla, don’t worry, right now I couldn’t care
less about the money, all I ever wanted was his love and
approval, and no amount of money can give me that.”
Ella found she was suddenly speechless and sensed
Destiny’s
need to leave, they both promised that they would call each
other in the week. Ella was aware that poor Destiny was
struggling with the fact her and their father had never made
amends before his death. Ella felt for her so much, they were
the closest sisters imaginable and was in contact daily over the
telephone, the guilt Destiny was feeling was one of loss and
regret the finality of death, its inability to communicate no
longer. Ella knew Destiny was secretly mourning their father’s
loss more so than Chase and herself.
Chase finally approached Ella, putting his hand on her shoulder,
biting his lower lip to hold the tears back and said,
“Congratulations’ sis, spend it wisely! I love you, be sure to stay
in touch, don’t go leaving the country in a hurry, and let me
know your plans.”
With this he gave Ella one of his killer smiles and departed,
before she could summon the words to reply.
Now her brother and sister had made their speedy departure, she
shyly approached Wallace, as he ushered her to his desk.
“Ella, my dear, you father asked me to give you these!”
Wallace handed her three large brown envelopes, which were
sealed and addressed to Destiny, Chase and herself! She
couldn’t help feeling the enormous weight of them, which she
found rather peculiar. Before she could enquire to what they
were, Wallace broke his silence.
“I was given strict instructions to give them to you Ella, your
father also advised me in a letter to give you these in private,
that upon opening yours, it would be your decision to pass them
onto your brother and sister, he believed as you are the eldest,
you’d know what to do with them.”
Ella
couldn’t help but think, how bizarre, why her? Why should
she have these in her possession? Despite her been the eldest,
she couldn’t understand her father’s logic, she wondered what
they contained? Why the secrecy? Surely they were
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