Status Updates From The Heiress

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You had an ancestor who did those things once, and he made so much money that now that money makes money. I suppose this is why some countries eventually round up people like us and cut our heads off.

I’m going to tell you a little secret, darling. One you’ll eventually find out for yourself, but let me go ahead and spill it now: once you’re as rich as we are, you are not really actively doing things that make money. You’re not, say, selling a product or providing a service. - Ruby’s dad to her

Oh, darling, the hopes I had had. My own lovely house in Asheville or maybe Raleigh. New friends, new society, an identity separate from “Baby Ruby,” or Mason McTavish’s odd daughter. Yes, my family was rich, yes, we basically owned Tavistock, but I wanted something bigger for myself, something that felt uniquely my own. - Ruby’s letter to Cam

It’s good to have you back in town, he’d said, his voice low and serious. But if I were you, I’d sleep with one eye open in that goddamn house. - Steve to Cam

Steve owns the hardware store in Tavistock