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Dear Sugar Letter #13

Dear Sugar Letter #13

The Crisis Is The Cure

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Dear Sugar,

I did a bad thing. Or at least, a bad thing according to my father. I decided not to take over the small business my grandfather founded nearly fifty years ago, which he then passed on to my dad, who intended to pass it on to me. I’m twenty-five now and I’ve known this was the plan all of my life. Until recently, I didn’…

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