The Main Character

Our family found our late grandfather’s will and we are unsure what it means. It is nonsense! It doesn’t clearly detail what happens after his passing. Even lawyers are struggling to understand, and we need to figure out what it states before we can make a claim to his will. I have the letter in my hand and stare hard at it. Many family members are pacing in the kitchen, or have completely given up trying to comprehend his will.

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I study it for a long time before realising that the words are in the right order, just backwards. I write the translation down on a scrap piece of paper I can find and the will starts making sense.

“Whoever is able to decipher this will is able to claim all my inheritance. I have purposely made this hard to honour the truest member of the family who understood my ways. You will receive all my houses, yachts, and cash, and be set up for the rest of your days. I loved all of you, and if this drives any of you apart, it is stated right here in written form that you are unworthy of my fortunes. I’m sure many of you are aware of how much value there is in my possessions, but that was never the key to my happiness. I condone convention so if you have figured out this cryptic message, you understand how important this is to me. At the end of the day, we are all family and family should stick by each other. Support and love each other of what time you have left with them. I will be watching over all of you.”

Grandfather left me everything. I sit in shock as other family members start gathering to peer over my shoulder. I get everything.