#Chapter 22 A Chance Encounter

“Yes, Ms. Leonard, sixty million.” Thompson sounded as elated as though he had earned the money for himself.

“That’s…that’s amazing.”

“So, if you don’t mind me asking, what are you going to do with your newfound wealth?”

What was I going to do with all that money? I didn’t have much time left, and I didn’t thirst for the extravagances that many others seemed to. Then it hit me.

“Well, after I pay my fabulous lawyer—” it never hurt to butter up the people who actually helped you— “then I was thinking about donating two-thirds of it, probably to an orphanage.”

“You’re going to donate forty million dollars?” I thought he was going to choke on that sentence.

“Of course. There are so many people out there who have it far worse than I do. Why not help them out when I can?”

“Well, certainly. It’s just…that’s a lot of money…”

I knew that Thompson would be surprised by my decision and even have a hard time swallowing it.