Their Greed, My Victory

Synopsis

The Sunshore Island B&B project raked in a cool 1.2 million dollars in profit last year. On the day we split the profits, my uncle and aunt were both there, and my cousin Ryan Lewis slid a bank card with 60 thousand dollars across the table to me. "Emily, thanks for all your hard work. This is your cut. I'm keeping the other 1.14 million for my house for the wedding. You're cool with that, right?" he said. My uncle, Vincent Lewis, jumped in. "He's the only son we've got. As his cousin, you should cut him some slack." I looked at their faces, all smug and self-righteous, and calmly took the card. "Sure," I replied. They thought I was getting the short end of the stick, but little did they know, the B&B's lifeblood—its guests and marketing—was all in my hands.