Sarah’s father was a legendary lawyer, a “wizard” of the courtroom who amassed a billion-dollar fortune. Yet, despite his wealth, he raised Sarah with a strict code of humility. He made her earn her own way through law school and kept her out of the spotlight, ensuring her success would be hers alone. He only ever interfered once: when she started dating Bradd. He warned her that Bradd was lazy and entitled, but Sarah, blinded by love, married him anyway.
After her father passed away, Sarah was drowning in grief. But instead of comforting her, Bradd’s first question was about the inheritance. Sarah looked him in the eye and delivered a bombshell: “I won’t receive a dime. I’m not even in the will because I was adopted. I’ve known this my entire life.”
Disgusted by the lack of a payday, Bradd disappeared instantly. Within a month, he served Sarah with divorce papers.
But the “Wizard” had one last trick up his sleeve. Sarah arranged a final meeting where her father’s business partner revealed the true conditions of the will:
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If Bradd had stayed married to Sarah for five years after the passing, he would have inherited half the fortune.
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Because he chose to divorce her, the entire billion-dollar estate went solely to Sarah.
As the realization hit, Bradd sat there speechless, gasping for air like a fish out of water. Sarah simply smiled. Her father had outsmarted the opportunist perfectly, ensuring his daughter was finally free of a “lazy, spoiled kid.” Sarah moved forward, thriving without shortcuts, without Bradd, and—most importantly—without regret.
