Parents Gave Brother $320K, Me $0. He Failed, I Succeeded. They Sued Me For It……

The process server caught me on my front porch. I just gotten home from the hardware store, replacing some drywall anchors in the guest bedroom. The house was a work in progress, but it was mine. Bought it 6 months ago at 21 with money I’d saved since I was 14. Ryan Mitchell. I set down the bag. Yeah.

He handed me an envelope. You’ve been served. Then he walked away like he hadn’t just dropped a bomb on my Tuesday afternoon. I stood there holding the envelope. official looking legal weight to it. Opened it slowly. Patricia and Donald Mitchell versus Ryan Mitchell. My parents were suing me.

I read the first page, then the second, then went back and read them again because surely I was misunderstanding. Claim torchious interference with prospective economic advantage. Additional claims: unjust enrichment, fraud, breach of familial duty. Translation: They were suing me for being successful while my older brother Tyler wasn’t.

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