The Moneyist: I have nothing from my father. Not a single scrap of anything: My father took his own life, and my...
Dear Quentin,
I have a tough one for you.
My father died 14 years ago in Florida. I was 21 at the time and living in Arkansas. He had remarried my stepmother, but had been estranged from her for at least two years. My stepmother and my father were both in serious relationships with the people they were dating.
My stepmother has children from her previous marriage. My stepmother and father shared no children, and my father and his girlfriend shared no children. I am his only child and was born during his 16-year marriage to my mother.
I believe my father killed himself in 2008. But for years, no one believed me because they believed it to be an accidental overdose. You see, he had just had a back surgery and that procedure made his pain much worse, not better. He was prescribed antidepressants and painkillers, so everyone thought he overdosed on the pain pills after having one too many vodkas.
“I got the public record of the police investigation regarding his death, and in that record I discovered that he had left a handwritten suicide note.”
This past July, I decided to know more. I got the autopsy and found out he ODd off antidepressants. I got the public record of the police investigation regarding his death, and in that record I discovered that he had left a handwritten suicide note. Its been 14 years now since his death, and Im finally ready to deal with this.
I began digging and found out that my stepmother, who didnt tell me about my fathers funeral or pay for it, took everything he had: his possessions, car, all of it.
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