I'm not quite sure if I understand what you mean.
It's true that much wealth would make life easier for me and my brothers, but we don't want to get threatened too much by her and my uncle (who sides with her), so to shut her up, we gave her what remained of her share (which was supposed to be used on lawyering funds, but fuck, jewelry time), so she wouldn't complain about getting to prison.
You can check my old posts for a gist of what happened, but now, I think I'm quite fine with her not being part of my life anymore.
Years ago, (maybe two?), she got caught in some scam issue when her boss fled the country with the cash from people who invested on the company she worked with. All the employees of the company were rounded up and sent to witness protection. Some had pocketed and gained something from it; some less fortunate and hadn't gained anything and just got caught in the crossfire. Back then, people were really gaining money, some poor people gaining millions overnight. But like most scams, the bubble bursted and some of the investors lost more money than they earned.
We were poor back then, so we signed up as employees. Little did we know it was a setup for a scam, and while we did gain something from it, having chosen to save what we earned instead of "investing" all of them to make more, we got caught in the crossfire., and so did my uncle, who worked as a partner to my mom. Mom surrendered to witness protection, and the case has been pending ever since.
A few months after, some court cases pending and shit, she told us to give her large amounts of money, at around 200,000Php each, explaining that it's for lawyer fees. We got suspicious, but still gave her that money, because we wanted her back. We soon found out that she bought expensive jewelry sets, and told her to stop buying those things because "what if she wouldn't be able to afford her lawyer anymore?". In typical self-righteous parent fashion, she told us to mind our own business, as the jewelry she bought was investment.
Investment, my ass. Those things are typically sold for more than they're worth, so it would take time for them to get back to its current worth. We later found out that the lawyer only asked for 20,000php to handle the case, not 200,000. Further suspicion arose, and eventually, we found out that the bitch was spending the rest for her boyfriend and that guy's then-unfinished house.
We confronted her with that, and gave her as much as she needed to pay for the fees and generally survive there, telling her that we're controlling the funds to save up for the lawyer fees to ensure she would get out from the case and not be stuck in prison due to not having a proper defense attorney. Instead, she chose to threaten our safety by telling us that our uncle (who had some unsavory connections underground even before the scam thing) would send some of his "friends" to "take care" of us. Pissed, we gave her a decision if she really wanted to get the money, but we wouldn't associate ourselves with her anymore, or understand us as we try to ensure that the case will run fine for her. She chose the first, so we deliberated on what to do, and caved in, giving her her funds that she requested, and cut all ties with her.
We haven't been speaking since.
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