Ir#]i#s’s mother,_ who had i);mmig.,rated to the United States f%; /rom /+Tha
`i(land *(?as +*`_:part of a blended family, died i + n  a car acci,dent a)long//
with her #,Ame! [rica/_n?[ hus)b@*_and while=.# t@?hey were $]on their way to get m,,?arr*!?ied:)*. Unw (illing to see Ir=i_s! d[!eport`-ed, her  stepfather’s s,o)n, L@_?eon, drop\]?ped out of s$`chool to work on a \construction site and shoul )der\\, t$he f=i =nancia[`$l burd.?en; as they re@ lied on each other, the two grew=%? _close. After gradu:^ating:/ from ;:high sc/hool, -#Iri#* s  was accepted in:*:to a ==N-(ew York) law.* schoo)[l, just a]s sh[?:e ha ^.d hope_ ,d.;/ Leon^ promised t]o join h` -e
]r, b_?\ut ?%on the ver:y  last d,%ay, he w?as i!!nvolved in- $] an accident _\a\t
\@ th-
/!e  construction site, and the two lost contact#^. F [ive years later, Iris join-
=ed a to^(*@[p-tier law f
_ irm, an(].d* Le_on walked th=\ro@ugh th!(]e doors as a )]*billiona$ire client—reuniti=(ng $the ^two.