A girl\u2019s parents are against her marrying a nice young guy who they think is poor, so his millionaire father pretends to be broke and teaches them a lesson. When Sam Sutton discovered a way to make an unbreakable sealant for engines everyone wanted, he never imagined that it would one day affect the love life of his then-infant son, Will. Sam\u2019s discovery brought immediate improvements to the family\u2019s life as it happened. He started making a lot of money on that sealant\u2019s patent. Sam, his wife, and his baby son moved to a lovely house and got a new car.As the years passed, there was more money than Sam had ever imagined. His little family was comfortable, and that\u2019s all he cared about. The extraordinary sums his lawyer kept reporting on seemed quite unreal.Then something terrible happened to Sam and his family, and all those millions piled up in the bank made no difference.\n
Sam\u2019s wife, Rain, became very ill. Sam kept telling doctors money was no object, but they just shook their heads. There are two things in life that money can\u2019t buy:love and good health. Sam found out about the first in the most painful way when Rain passed away, and he\u2019d find out about the second when Will grew up. Being a single dad to a growing boy wasn\u2019t easy, so maybe Sam made a few mistakes. Will was so kind, loving, and unspoiled that Sam lavished everything he could afford on him \u2014 and Sam could afford anything. So, in high school, Will\u2019s colleagues quickly realized that his dad was very rich and generous \u2014and so was Will. Quickly, Will became the most popular guy \u2014 not because of his kindness or amazing good looks, but because of his dad\u2019s money. Girls, in particular, swarmed around Will like bees around a honey pot. At first, Will liked it, but gradually, he realized they didn\u2019t want him. They wanted his dad\u2019s money and all the luxury it could buy. Will told weeping Sam that the girl he was in love with didn\u2019t really care for him. She just cared about going along on their private plane for the Sutton family trips to Aspen, Veil, and the Bahamas.\n
Sam comforted his son and encouraged him to break up with that girl. The rest of Will\u2019s senior year in high school was pretty lonely, but he had a plan. \u201cDad,\u201d he said, \u201cI have a plan.\u201dSam grinned. \u201cOK! What\u2019s your plan?\u201d\u201dI\u2019m going to Yale in the fall, but I want everyone to think I\u2019m a scholarship student.\u201d Sam blinked in astonishment. \u201cA scholarship student? You? But why?\u201d \u201cWell.\u201d Will said, \u201cif I\u2019m poor and I wear scruffy clothes, people won\u2019t be my friends unless they really like me. Girls won\u2019t want to date me for our money.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s very true, Will,\u201d Sam said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a brilliant plan!\u201d And so they put the plan in motion. Will and Sam bought all his clothes and equipment second-hand, and Will was the scruffiest, poorest-looking student you ever saw.\n
Money can\u2019t buy love and good health. The plan worked because Will quickly found many great, sincere friends, and he even met a girl he liked, and she felt the same way, too. By his third year at Yale, Will was so in love with that girl. Her name was Eddy \u2014 for Edwina \u2014 and he decided he wanted to marry her. Sam was a little worried that Will might be too young, but he married young, too, and he\u2019d been very happy. So Will proposed to Eddy, and she said yes. Eddy took Will home to meet her parents that Thanksgiving, which was a disaster. Eddy\u2019s parents, Marta and Farlow, were well-to-do and proud of their social position.They wanted their beautiful daughter to marry a rich man, not a shabby third-year science major, no matter how smart, handsome, or funny. They were subtly unpleasant to Will but not enough that Eddy could complain. Eddy, who had accepted Will\u2019s proposal, proudly displayed the tiny diamond he\u2019d given her as if it were the Kohinoor.\n
She insisted that Will and his father join her family for the Christmas celebrations. Marta and Fallow were horrified, but they smiled, agreed, and made their plan. Will and Sam took a Greyhound from their mansion in New Hampshire to Eddy\u2019s family\u2019s beach house in Narragansett to join the family for Christmas. Eddy\u2019s dad picked them up from the bus terminal, and the fun began. Farlow looked Sam up and down and sniffed. (Sam had gone shopping at the local Goodwill store and gone a little overboard.) Sam didn\u2019t look just poor; he looked almost homeless. Farlow drove them to their big house, and he talked about his wealth, his houses, and his cars. \u201cI\u2019ll have you know,\u201d he said to Sam, \u201cthat I\u2019ve done very well by my family. We live in comfort \u2014 to be honest, we live in luxury.\u201cNot everyone is used to that, of course, and we understand that, but we hope you and Will will be able to fit in. Christmas is very important to us.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s important to us too,\u201d Sam said.\n
As it turned out, Marta and Farlow\u2019s idea of Christmas was to splurge on towers of expensive presents and show everyone they knew how successful they were.The next few days were a nightmare. Farlow and Marta didn\u2019t miss a chance to show Sam they believed their daughter was way out of his son\u2019s league. \u201cEddy is a wealthy young woman, Sam,\u201d Marta said. \u201cAnd her husband must be able to give her the same lifestyle. I know you\u2019ve not done as well for Will\u2026\u201d Eddy became aware of her parents\u2019 campaign to humiliate Sam, and she was furious. So she talked with her parents. \u201cI\u2019m going to marry Will,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd Sam\u2019s going to be family, so get used to it.\u201d \u201cBut darling,\u201d cried her mother, \u201cthe man is a derelict! Have you seen his clothes? He\u2019s an embarrassment.\u201d \u201cBelieve me, mom,\u201d Eddy said angrily, \u201cyou are much more of an embarrassment than Sam could ever be!\u201d Eddy could not have known that Sam was listening, and he smiled. She loved Will! He\u2019d found his one-in-a-million girl. That night was Christmas Eve, and when the family gathered around the tree at midnight to exchange gifts, Marta said with an unpleasant smile, \u201cYou mustn\u2019t feel bad, Sam, we know you\u2019re struggling!\u201d Marta and Farlow handed Will a box with a car key inside. \u201cIt\u2019s an early wedding present,\u201d Farlow said. \u201cWe thought you needed a better car. Your old clunker is at least twenty years old, Will!\u201d Will smiled and thanked Marta and Farlow, and they all went outside to admire the Porsche sitting in the garage with a big red bow on it.\n
Farlow threw Sam a triumphant look and smirked. He knew that Sam could never top that gesture, could he?Then Sam took an envelope out of his pocket. \u201cEddy,\u201d he said. \u201cWill told me you two plan to move to New York when you graduate.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s right, Sam! You know he has an offer from a New York research facility, and I have an internship at the Met\u2026\u201d \u201cWell, finding a place to live in Manhattan isn\u2019t easy, so I hope this helps\u2026\u201d Sam gave the envelope to Eddy. Farlow sneered. \u201cWhat\u2019s that? A list of homeless shelters in the Upper East Side? A guide to the Best Brooklyn soup kitchens?\u201d Eddy opened the envelope and gasped. \u201cSam!\u201d she whispered. \u201cIs this for real?\u201d She showed Will the sheaf of papers inside the envelope, and Will ran to embrace his dad. Farlow and Marta looked from one to the other in surprise. Then Eddy turned to her parents. \u201cSam\u2019s given Will and I the deed to a brownstone in Tribeca. He\u2019s given us a home.\u201d Marta and Farlow looked at each other, their mouths hanging open. \u201cBut\u2026but\u2026but\u2026\u201d gasped Farlow. \u201cYou\u2019re POOR\u2026The way you dress\u2026You took the bus\u2026\u201d \u201cWell, Farlow,\u201d said Sam gently. \u201cI want my son to be loved and accepted for himself, not for the $570 million he will eventually inherit from me.\u201dThere were no more objections to the wedding from Eddy\u2019s parents. In fact, they became Will\u2019s biggest fans and were very polite and respectful of Sam. The following summer, Will and Eddy married and moved to New York. When they welcomed their little daughter, Rain, three years later, Sam bought himself a house next door so he could be close to them.What can we learn from this story? Money can\u2019t buy love and good health. Sam knew that if people knew he was rich, they\u2019d get close to his son for his money. Don\u2019t judge people by their appearance. Farlow and Marta despised Sam for his shabby clothes and never imagined he was a millionaire.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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