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    A Dubious Inheritance
    A Dubious Inheritance
    A Dubious Inheritance
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    A Dubious Inheritance

    By Anthony Tyso

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    Tom is a family man with low self-confidence and a dream to help homeless kids, as he was once one. Tom has been employed for over ten years in a factory doing a mundane job. He unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a virtually unknown relative. However, before Tom could take advantage of his new found wealth he is threatened by a mob of thugs with a demand to have half of Tom's fortune. Should Tom refuse to comply; his family will be harmed.

    To protect his family and live his dream, Tom must overcome his inner weaknesses and beat the bullies. Will Tom find the courage to face his inner weaknesses, overcome them, confront and beat the bullies and finally live his dream?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnthony Tyso
    Release dateJun 28, 2014
    ISBN9781310386244
    A Dubious Inheritance
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    Anthony Tyso

    Anthony Tyso loves to write short stories, especially stories that provide mystery and/or inspiration to his readers.Anthony often works with author and songwriter, Terry Anthony Smith and his team, in order to extend his work across multi-media platforms.With over 20 years experience as a story writer, Anthony adds creativity and experience to his work. He delivers content that is values based and morally encouraging. Anthony is passionate about writing for his genre and in order to continually provide good value, he offers feedback opportunities within each book he authors.Anthony lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; married over forty two years and is blessed with three married daughters and eight grandchildren. He can be emailed at: anthonytyso@yahoo.com.au

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      A Dubious Inheritance - Anthony Tyso

      A Dubious Inheritance

      Anthony Tyso

      Copyright 2013 Anthony Tyso

      Published by Terry Anthony Smith at Smashwords

      Smashwords Edition License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Publisher: Terry Anthony Smith – StoryWriters

      Toowoomba, Australia, Qld 4350

      Copyright © Terry Anthony Smith - 2013

      Email: trryanthonysmith@me.com

      Date of publication: June 2014

      ISBN: 978-0-646-91185-4

      Title: A Dubious Inheritance

      Edition: First ebook edition 2014

      Author/Contributor: Anthony Tyso

      Assistant Writer: Elena Mary Waterfield

      Format: ebook

      Subject Category: Fiction – Drama

      Disclaimer

      The author and publishers disclaim all and any liability and responsibility to any person or organisation in respect to any consequences resulting from the story within this ebook. Persons and events featured in this story are fictional. Therefore story, characters' names, and situations are not based on any person living or deceased.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter One - The Letter

      Chapter Two - A Time For Change

      Chapter Three - Time Out

      Chapter Four - The Sum Total

      Chapter Five - The Battle Within

      Chapter Six - Uncle Benefactor

      Chapter Seven - Mal Moves In

      Chapter Eight - Swimming Lessons

      Chapter Nine - Crisis Point

      Chapter Ten - The Award

      About Anthony Tyso

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      Chapter One - The Letter

      Tuesday morning, January 25 is a date Tom and Julie will never forget. Life can be strange at times; this morning was about to be the strangest of their life.

      Tom and Julie with their two children, 6-years-old, Millie and 8-years-old Zack, lived in a modest home, encumbered with a huge mortgage; in Bankstown, a working class suburb of Sydney.

      Both Tom and Julie, like so many other young families, had to work to meet the mortgage payments and survive. Tom worked in a factory, and Julie was employed Tuesday to Thursday as an occupational therapist at a small private hospital.

      The day began like any other weekday; Tom would leave home around seven thirty. Julie would drop the children at school an hour later on her way to St Andrews Hospital.

      This Tuesday morning gave no indication of being any different. Tom could not have imagined what was about to unfold. He walked into the kitchen to kiss the children and Julie goodbye before leaving for work.

      Before you go Tom, there’s a letter for you. You must have missed it last night. It looks official. Julie handed Tom the letter addressed to: Thomas Anderson from the Office of The Public Trustee. Tom was intrigued, Hmmm, I wonder what this is?

      Julie began to organize the children’s breakfast while Tom read the letter, he then silently handed it to Julie.

      Between two stunned people sitting motionless at the kitchen table, lay the single sheet of heavy cream paper with a smart looking Public Trustee logo and Company header. The body of the letter featured three short paragraphs, followed by an unintelligible signature.

      Did you know him? Julie asked.

      I had forgotten he existed Tom replied slowly shaking his head.

      But he’s your uncle. Julie, the eldest of five siblings in a large, affectionate and close family, was surprised that Tom would have a mysterious, rich relative. She scanned the letter again and read the name aloud, Benjamin Arnold. Wasn't Benjamin Arnold the name of the famous American traitor?

      Yep, it was. This Benjamin Arnold was my Great uncle. I hardly knew him. Mom’s maiden name was Arnold; he was her dad’s brother.

      "He left the company, Streets of Gold and an estate valued at well over one hundred million dollars!"

      Even if he was my mother's uncle; why leave everything to me, he didn’t know me?"

      Tom was baffled, although he attempted to rationalize it.

      I remember him at mom’s funeral, I was about twenty then. He spoke to me for a while, haven’t a clue what. I recall riding in his black Merc. That impressed me. Mom died nine years ago; she was sixty-five then, he was a fair bit older than her, must have been in his nineties when he died.

      The contents of the letter had shocked them both. They could hardly take it in. So much so neither paid attention to the final paragraph of the letter, which read: ...due to uncertainties of origin and taxation obligations, portions of the estate are to be held in trust pending an inquiry and outcome. Please contact this office to arrange a meeting with us.

      The entire estate has a valuation set at well over, one hundred million dollars! Tom said out loud as he secured another element into place.

      All around, Tom’s coworkers stood shaping and fitting and packaging amidst the constant hammering of the busy factory floor. Although, today it was very different for Tom, he remained oblivious to the noise. He kept saying to himself, a hundred million dollars!

      Tom focused on listening to his repetitious statement; could hear nothing else. He drew the figure in his mind. 100,000,000.

      HeatMakers Pty Ltd manufactures industrial heaters. Tom was an assembly worker there. He had arrived a few minutes later than usual this morning. His friend and fellow worker, Mike, had greeted him at the factory door.

      Morning Tom. He received no reply. Mike's brow creased in concern, Everything OK Tom? He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a packet of cigarettes, scruffy and slightly squashed, and offered it in Tom's direction.

      Eventually,

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