"Witch of Wall Street" by Hetty Green

             The lifetime accomplishments of Hetty Green all started at a young and tender age when she would hang around the docks her father owned, where she was instilled with a certain attitude towards business. She was quite a tomboy, understanding the lingo of the whalers and learning the business. She was her father's pride and joy, quick to numbers, always giving him the answers he wanted. Her mother, who was an ill and frail woman, was unhappy that she wasn't like other girls her age. While her father blamed her mother for not even being able to produce a son, Hetty, mature and sensitive for her age continued to only do one thing; be the best in her father's eyes. Competitiveness, the need to be successful, and the desire to be only the best reigned her persona.
             Hetty's mother warned her daughter that her father was a shrewd and selfish man. She made sure to tell Hetty that when she died, the entire business would belong to her, despite her father's words... She warned her daughter not to trust anyone, while Hetty would cry to her, promising to make her happy, be rich and successful and buy her mother a beautiful big house. After her mother died, Hetty was introduced to the cold brutality of the world and it was the first notch of trust she lost in her father. Right after the funeral, the lawyer announced that all assets would belong to Robinson. Hetty protested to her father questioning what would happen to his promise of Robinson and Daughter? To which her father, aptly - as was his ability to do, turned the entire scenario around, first slapping her and throwing a huge guilt trip on her, which made her apologize for not trusting him... Robinson and Daughter would do just fine in his hands...As Hetty grew older, watching the docks, little did she realize that her father was scheming and running the business according to his desire without consulting her. One day as she was watching the big ships with her father, she noticed...

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