Chapter 14 - Augustus Gave Me My Father’s Last Letter
Augustus became family before any of us named it.
He attended birthdays.
Held babies badly.
Bought absurd gifts until I threatened to ban him.
When the triplets turned two, he gave me one envelope.
Daniel’s handwriting.
Clara, if Augustus ever gives you this, something went wrong with my plan to stay alive forever.
I laughed and cried.
Dad wrote:
Wealth is useful only if it buys freedom to choose who you become. Never confuse inheritance with identity. And never stay where love requires you to become smaller.
I read it three times.
Then framed only the last line.
May you like
Not the money.
The lesson.
