“We could keep it, and no one would ever know,” one of them whispered. The temptation was overwhelming, as that amount of money could change their lives.
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But the name on the envelope burned their conscience. They realized they would never be able to sleep soundly if they spent someone else’s life savings. The group decided to investigate.
They found an old phone book and looked up the name from the envelope. They got lucky—they found a number. Reese dialed it, his palms sweating.
An elderly woman picked up. “Hello, I found a couch that I think belonged to you,” he began. On the other end of the line, the woman broke down in tears: “Oh my god… I left everything I had in there.”
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