[M.T. Pockets]

Rick, I feel your pain and I'm sorry for the situation you're in.

Family business is never easy. I can understand your position, money aside, it hurts to be "promised" something and then have it go somewhere else. I've been there and so have a lot of other people.

I just try to keep telling myself that the only thing that matters is people, the rest is just property.

This is me personally now. I wouldn't buy it. My parents have offered to sell me their things like guns, boats & campers over the years and I tell them "no thank you, I don't need it and you can maybe get more from someone else". If you have to buy an heirloom, then it's no longer an heirloom.