00:00When my stepfather died, his body wasn't even cold yet.
00:02The whole family was thrilled.
00:03Uncle Daniel got a $9 million villa.
00:05My stepmother got gold bracelets worth $7 million and gold necklaces.
00:08Even my dramatic, spoiled elder sister, Lucy Morgan,
00:10got $3 million worth of Hermes bags and a luxury sports car.
00:13But when it came to my part of the will,
00:15there was only a single sentence left by my stepfather.
00:18Sophie Grant, Mr. Raymond Bennett left you a message.
00:21316, remember it.
00:23My blood ran cold.
00:25For 10 years, I took meticulous care of my stepfather.
00:28I brought him food, gave him medicine, bathed him, and changed his sheets.
00:32And this is what I get.
00:35After they finished signing, they left with smirks on their faces, mocking me.
00:39My stepmother looked back and said,
00:40Sophie, come over for dinner sometime.
00:43Your father's gone, but we're still family.
00:45Her tone was gentle.
00:47I'd heard it for 28 years.
00:48I knew exactly what was hidden beneath that warmth.
00:50It meant you got nothing, and you'll have to rely on us from now on.
00:53I didn't respond.
00:54Uncle Daniel Foster didn't even look back.
00:56He was already on the phone in the hallway.
00:57Hurry up and change the tenant's contract.
00:59Put it in my name.
01:00Also, his voice wasn't loud, but it echoed in the hallway.
01:03I heard every word.
01:05Yes, do it that way.
01:07The door closed.
01:08Mr. Bennett closed the folder and looked at me.
01:11Miss Grant, your stepfather gave me a specific instruction.
01:13He said, if you didn't cry or make a scene during the reading of the will,
01:16I should give this to you.
01:18He said you wouldn't cry.
01:19He said you never do.
01:20The envelope was old.
01:21The corners were frayed.
01:23There was no writing on it.
01:24It was very light.
01:24He glanced at me.
01:25How should I describe that look?
01:27It wasn't the look you give someone who only inherited a sentence.
01:30It was as if he was holding something back.
01:32Thank you, Mr. Bennett.
01:33I walked out of the law firm.
01:34An April breeze blew outside.
01:35It was neither hot nor cold.
01:36My phone rang.
01:37It was my elder sister, Lucy Morgan.
01:39Sophie, what's that 316 supposed to mean?
01:41Was Dad losing his mind?
01:43I don't know.
01:44Maybe.
01:44Anyway, no hard feelings.
01:46You know how Dad was.
01:46He always played favorites, but he really did treat you poorly.
01:48I'll talk to my mom.
01:50At the end of the year, I'll give you $30,000 from the shop's rent.
01:52The shop's under my stepfather's name brought in $520,000 a year, and she was only offering
01:55me $30,000.
01:56I said, thanks, Lucy.
01:59I hung up and walked a long way alone.
02:04I reached the gate of my stepfather's neighborhood.
02:06The security guard recognized me.
02:08It had been 10 years.
02:09I came at least three times a week.
02:11I brought my stepfather food, gave him medicine, bathed him, and changed his sheets.
02:16Back again, Sophie.
02:18Just going up to tidy up.
02:19I opened the door.
02:20The room still smelled like it did when my stepfather was alive.
02:23The scent of medicated oil and that dry, elderly aroma.
02:25On the coffee table lay the heart pills I bought him last week.
02:28The bottle wasn't empty.
02:29I sat down by his bed.
02:30There was also a photo frame.
02:31It was a photo of my stepfather and my elder sister, Lucy Morgan.
02:33Taken when Lucy Morgan graduated from Harvard University.
02:35My stepfather was smiling so happily.
02:37There were no photos of me.
02:38Not in the living room.
02:39Nor the dining room.
02:42I'd been in and out of this house for 10 years.
02:46But there wasn't a single photo of me in it.
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