Maxine/Fixer POV
The contents spilt onto the table, and Uncle Simon was quick to sort through them.
"Stocks, Shares in what?" I asked, shocked that there were so many.
"Some of these date back to when your Great Grandpa helped a friend start a business, gained a partnership in the company, as payment, and the mining stock would be worth a bit now, I guess, as it was purchased in the early days of that mine's development, which they helped finance. You have a hand in all sorts of companies because your family has invested their money in people's ideas, in starting up a business, or in a failing one that needed a hand, and as each company grew, it paid dividends that were reinvested to help other companies. Gaining either a partnership of the company, shares, or bonds, your family never
