The Rich Boy

From early childhood, Anson—the heir to a staggering $15 million fortune—understood his superiority over his peers. As he grew older, he fully felt what the power of money means. Crisp green banknotes opened every door for him. Majestic and powerful New York became his native element: it had his own home with servants, his family, a real “men’s world” of sports clubs, and sometimes reckless nights out with bold girls. His plans for the future were perfectly ordinary—including, even, a flawless imaginary beauty he would someday marry. The difference from the dreams of most young people was that his hopes were not clouded by a fog known by various names such as “idealism” or “illusions.” Anson accepted the grand world of finance and its grand whims, divorces and extravagance, snobbery and exclusive privileges without question. Most of us end up life with a compromise—yet for him, the fact of being born in itself was already a compromise…