When I turned 25, a lawyer’s letter revealed my birth mother, Alina, had passed away and left me her entire estate worth $187,000. I hoped my adoptive family would share in my bittersweet moment, but instead, I was met with silence and resentment. My siblings, Brian and Kayla, demanded I split the inheritance. Even my…
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