It was a nice, short read. I like the part about the greatest weatlh best. Nice work.

Good luck with writing, this story, and life. Have a lovely day and a wonderful summer.

~Twilight Starr~

Very good! You did an excellent job with the description and story, especially for such a short piece. ;) Let me guess was opulent one of your vocab words? lol
Although, quite depressing that he lost his family, it was a good lesson. Lovely piece! :D