Many years ago, it was reported that two corpses, a mother and her daughter, were removed from a Canning Garden house. The daughter happened to be a member of Crystal's old church. The former lived in a double-storey house with her bed-ridden mum. There was no helper. Mother and daughter would eat packed hawker food daily.
People in church would kindly drop old TV or whatever mum and daughter lacked in their bare house. Crystal was by no means rich, she too bought slippers for the daughter when the old ones gave way. When neighbours complained to the police, a team came to break the locks and remove the decomposing bodies. It was found by autopsies that the daughter died of a massive stroke while watching TV. A few days later, the mother died of dehydration.
After the news broke, various relatives turned up. Apparently mum and daughter jointly owned ten shop buildings in town. Rental collected monthly reaches $30,000. There were $10 millions in fixed deposit in various banks. Yet the "poor" old lady could not shout loud enough to get help. The land line was ten feet or so from the hospital bed in the sitting room. She literally starved for a few days until she died of thirst. Imagine a millionaire died like a beggar in any fourth world way side.
Millions and the love for it could be a terrible slave driving force. Both mum and daughters were slaves to their hidden millions. They lived like paupers throughout their lives.
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