To be fair, if they thought $150,000 would be life-changing, it probably wasn't going to last long. It's a non-trivial sum, certainly, and has the potential to make a significant difference, but by the sound of it, they were expecting it to do a whole lot more for them than it actually would. I don't think the $300,000 is going to last much longer in just one set of hands.
That said, massive dick move to renege on splitting it. I look forward to when she ends up bankrupt.
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