AITA for waiting to talk to my cosine face to face after he stole my inheritance?
So, for some context, my (32m) and my cousin's (32m, we'll call him Dick) entire family works in government. Dick has the most influential position, though it's an open secret that he only got it because of his dad, and if I'm honest, he's very bad at it.
A few years ago, our uncle died. There was a big family drama around it, and it ended with me having to leave the country.
While I was abroad, my father died, and Dick used the fact that I wasn't in the country to steal my inheritance. He did this through a total abuse of his power, and it was personally very insulting (not to mention I needed that money for when I came back home). In addition to the money, he has taken my father's personal possessions and a house I hoped to give to my son one day (which Richard can't understand since he has no children). My son is a whole different problem I wouldn't get into in this post.
Here is where I might be the asshole. Because of the situation of my inheritance, I came back early to our home country. I'll admit I chose to come when I knew Dick was on a business trip, because I preferred not to deal with him directly.
While staying with our uncle, I met some of my friends who updated me on the situation in the country. It became clear that people think I'm more qualified for Dick's job than he is.
I'm fully aware that my getting that job is also related to nepotism, but I can't pretend that I wouldn't do a better job than Dick.
Now our uncle says Dick might lose his job (and maybe go to jail), all because I came home and that I'm the asshole. I think that someone would've replaced Dick at some point with or without me, and my uncle should be happy it would at least stay in the family.
Anyway, I didn't come back to take RDick's job, I just wanted to settle the inheritance situation.
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