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After hitting the jackpot with 100 million, I didn't hesitate to hand in my resignation and went home to embrace the good life. "When is she leaving? The place is small enough as it is, and now she's just cramping our space," she murmured. My brother, Lucas Pendleton, said to our parents, "She's young; shouldn't she be out there working? What's she even doing back here anyway?" My parents, rocking my nephew in their arms, tried to placate Ruby. "We'll talk to her about moving out in a couple of days." After that, the whole family started making things difficult for me. It was funny how everyone seemed to forget that I was the one who paid for this place.