The man scrolled through an iPad he was holding.
"Anywhere around $240,000," the man replied.
The notepad in Hannah's hand slipped and fell to the floor.
That day had been the biggest turning point in the lives of this Thompson family.
Anne and her brother, however, remained as invisible as rats.
Money landed onto them, instantly changing their lives.
The family moved to a larger, better-looking home. Their kids transferred to better schools. Mark Thompson used some of the money to start a business.
Anne and her brother, on the other hand, were merely surviving. On the outside, they were treated like pearls; behind closed doors, they were treated with disdain.
Living with her uncle's family hadn't been unbearable until two years later when Edward, her cousin who was about three years older than her, began to torture her.
"Crawl to the fountain and get all the coins, unless you want your precious brother to do it," Edward had ordered her one evening.
