Stories tagged “wealth”
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Her Land
Her fingers left a trail along the glittering water, like champagne this time of day. The boat glided easily along the tawny shore, its saffron exterior reflecting back the water’s inner glow. The incidental princess leaned back and surveyed what...
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A Private, Unshared Island
It’s so quiet here. I turn up the stereo speakers and flip on all twelve TVs. From the mansion’s large glass windows I can see the ocean view. No neighboring houses obscuring the scenery. No traffic. No family members calling and visiting. ...
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Temporary Opulence
The roar of the small engine plane is all you could hear as I looked down onto a miniature version of a small town Texas landscape. I then leaped with faith and plummeted towards the earth with style. I was doing somersaults through the air with a natu...
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Torn.
An avalanche of snow could not bury her any deeper. Indeed, the dress seemed far too luxurious, the jewelry too magnificent – too genuine. Nothing around her was anything she deserved. She wanted more, but also…less. The house was a mansio...