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Your wealthy Uncle Bert has died and left you all of his money. At first you’re excited, as you’ve been living paycheck-to-paycheck your whole life, and this newfound money offers you endless possibilities. But, in his will, Uncle Bert left one big catch—and, if you don’t do it, all of the money is to be given to his unlikable friend, Fred. What is the catch? Do you do it? What happens next? Write in any genre and be creative.
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ennord
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My Dear Uncle Bert

As a child, I told my uncle my greatest fear. And you know what he told me?

“Kid, you gotta face your fears. Otherwise, they’ll run your life.”

Well, now I have to face it, and it’s all thanks to Bert.

Let’s go back to a few months ago, when I first heard about the death of my Uncle Bert. He was a kind and sweet man, very loyal to those important to him, and always ready to listen. After hearing about his death, I felt that life was meaningless, since he had been such an important person in my own life. Then I heard about the will, and I realized that even beyond the grave, he was still guiding me.

My Uncle Bert was a very rich man, and I mean a very rich man. It was never clear how he earned all of this money, but it didn’t matter much to me. Probably because I just saw him as my uncle who I loved dearly, and nothing else besides that mattered to me. But anyways, in his will, he handed over all of this money to me… on one condition:

I had to travel to the highest point in every country, and take a picture of all that lay below me. No big deal, right?

Except for the fact that I am terrified of heights.

It’s hard for me to stand in tall office buildings and look out the windows. I feel my pulse quicken, my knees quake, and my head grows foggy, it actually gets bad enough that I need to hold onto something sold to comfort myself. Just thinking about this trip makes me dizzy.

I would consider not doing it, except that he threatened to give the money to his horrible friend Fred. Fred is what I would call a sleazy kind of guy, and that’s just me being nice. Uncle Bert knew how much I don’t like Fred, and it’s probably the reason why he made that threat in the first place.

Since I can’t let Fred have this money, now I’m deciding on how to prepare for my first destination: Denali, in Alaska. I know it’s not going to be easy by any means, but I have to do this. Not only because I dislike Fred, but because my uncle believed that this mission was important enough to include in his will. I told him how I always wanted to travel and see the world, but I was too scared, I didn’t have the money; some way or another I always had some sort of excuse ready.

Now I have to face both of my fears head on, and I gotta say, it’s the most alive I’ve felt, not just in these past few months, but in my entire life.

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