Mrs. Hampton continued in the calm tone of someone explaining a fact that should already be familiar to the person hearing it.
“Your great-grandmother created individual trust funds for each of her great-grandchildren prior to their births. These funds were seeded equally and professionally managed with the intention that each beneficiary would receive financial independence and security upon reaching twenty-five.”
She slid the folder toward me.
“The current value of your trust is approximately $2.8 million.”
For a second, I thought I had misheard her.
Then I looked at the papers and saw the numbers sitting there in ink, neat and undeniable.
Two point eight million dollars.
It is strange what the mind does when presented with life-changing information. People imagine fireworks. Tears. Collapse. What I felt first was not emotion but disorientation. A blankness. My brain trying to line up the number with every other financial fact of my life and failing.
Nearly three million dollars.