A woman inherited a fortune from her grandma in the form of an old battered purse hated by her sister, who had no idea of the riches it contained.
Rose had always admired her grandmother Bella Bright. She considered her an extraordinary woman who had enjoyed many adventures in her youth and even old age.
While most people had been setting down roots in their 30s, Bella had been traveling and having fun times with her friends; they went on road trips to great locations — neither of them could ever forget what happened when they went to Las Vegas.
Rose found an old ring in a purse she inherited from Bella | Source: Shutterstock
Whenever they spoke about it, Bella and her friends would all smile fondly as though enjoying some inside joke. No amount of prying on her part had been able to get the stubborn old woman to talk about it.
Not many members of their family liked the way Bella lived; every penny often went into planning trips or doing something with her ever-ready friends; people thought it would be better to see her spend on more tangible things.
“They know nothing,” Bella would always tell her when she talked about it.
Rose had started living with her grandmother since her own mother passed away during childbirth. She had been trying to bring her brother into the world but instead lost her life and, by consequence, his.
Every penny Bella had often went into planning trips or doing something with her ever-ready friends | Source: Pexels
Rose’s father had been a soldier, and he had died years before she and her sister, June, were born. Because the two girls had nobody else to stay with, Bella had to take them in. It took away her freedom to go away on long trips, but she agreed to undertake the responsibility because it was family.
It was not easy; Bella suddenly had two mouths to feed, and her wealth of memories could not help. She took jobs and, through sheer determination, was able to care for the two girls. They grew up into proper young women; June moved out to seek out her own destiny, but Rose stayed behind to care for her grandma.
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