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The Right Thing
I should've been celebrating, too. Dad and Mom sold a patch of land to a big developer who was going to build a bunch of apartment buildings on it, and we were going to get a lot of money. But I didn't feel like celebrating—all I could think about was my friend, Jamie Wright.
Jamie's great-great-grandfather sold the land to my great-great-grandfather a long, long time ago, The Wrights were forced to sell it cheap because times were rough and they needed the money. That's how Wright land became our land.
"What's up, Lacey?" Mom said, noticing my glum mood.
"Yeah," Dad said, "we just landed the deal of the century."
"Well, to be totally honest with you," I said quietly, "I've been thinking about Jamie Wright."
"Whatever for?" Dad asked.
"If Jamie's great-great-grandfather had not been forced to sell their land, the Wrights would be the ones using that money to send their kids to college or whatever, not us."
"No one can be held responsible for what people did eighty years ago," Dad said sharply. "That's just not how things work."
"Maybe not, Dad," I said, "but Jamie and his family didn't get what we inherited because of what happened. Does that mean we can't make things right, or should we just forget all that and hope no one does the same thing to us someday?"
Everyone was dead quiet for a minute. Then Mom broke the silence and said, "So what would you want us to do, Lacey?"
"I think we should do what's right," I answered.
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