As we know from everyone from Jane Austen to Henry James, an inheritance can do unexpected things to a family.
Kerry Reif is counting down the seconds, minutes, hours, and days to when she can access the inheritance her parents left her.
Reif has been waiting quite awhile. She describes the day she found out what plans her parents had put in place, and how that has affected her life.
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