The Letter from New York
One cool autumn afternoon, while cleaning her bookshelf, Emily found an old envelope tucked between some books. It was postmarked from New York.
Inside was a letter from the Law Office of Keller & Stein, along with several documents.
“Mr. Richard Bennett, Chairman of Bennett Holdings, passed away three months ago,” it read.
“Before his passing, he left you a will and a scholarship fund named The Grace Foundation.”
Emily’s hands began to shake.
She turned the next page—and what she read made her eyes fill with tears.
“Years ago, Mr. Bennett lost his only daughter, Grace, in an accident while she was volunteering in a small town. He always regretted spending his life chasing wealth instead of time with her.
He told us that the night he met you, your eyes looked exactly like Grace’s. He only wanted to sit with you, to imagine his daughter was still there for one last night.
He never meant to harm you. The money was not payment for your body, but a way to ease his own broken heart—a father’s attempt to find peace.”
