????1978年5月，麗莎出生。當(dāng)時(shí)，喬布斯創(chuàng)建了蘋果公司，已經(jīng)非常富有，他以女兒的名字來命名第一臺(tái)蘋果個(gè)人電腦。但在超過兩年時(shí)間里，他一直在想方設(shè)法否認(rèn)父親的身份，與此同時(shí)，布倫南卻在做保潔員和餐廳服務(wù)員，并且要接受政府救濟(jì)。喬布斯甚至在一份簽字的法院公文中發(fā)誓，他不可能是麗莎的生父，因?yàn)樗盁o(wú)法生育”，不具備“生育孩子的身體能力。”（他在1991年與鮑威爾結(jié)婚后生了三個(gè)孩子。）

????一次訴訟迫使喬布斯進(jìn)行了親子鑒定，法院據(jù)此責(zé)令他支付孩子的撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)，并賠償國(guó)家的福利支出，從那時(shí)候開始，喬布斯每月支付500美元。一個(gè)月后，蘋果公司上市，喬布斯的個(gè)人凈值超過2.25億美元。雖然喬布斯多年來會(huì)偶爾去看望女兒，并且買了一處房產(chǎn)和一輛奔馳汽車，但布倫南依舊經(jīng)濟(jì)拮據(jù)，入不敷出。后來，已經(jīng)成為作家的麗莎在一篇文章中回憶稱，她的父親“隔一些日子便會(huì)來我們家，就像下凡的天神一樣，在家里待幾分鐘或者幾個(gè)小時(shí)。”

????布倫南說，喬布斯后來曾為自己對(duì)待她和麗莎的方式道歉。布倫南稱，隨著與女兒的關(guān)系愈加親密，喬布斯也開始“少量地”增加撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)，最后達(dá)到每個(gè)月4,000美元。他們的女兒在九歲時(shí)正式更名為麗莎·布倫南-喬布斯。“他非常小氣。各個(gè)方面都是如此。要讓他多支付撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)非常困難。”

????女兒出生幾年后，喬布斯為布倫南買過兩輛車和一棟價(jià)值40萬(wàn)美元的房子，為麗莎支付了私立學(xué)校的學(xué)費(fèi)，不時(shí)還會(huì)提供其他經(jīng)濟(jì)支持。盡管如此，布倫南還是在1996年申請(qǐng)了破產(chǎn)。高中期間，麗莎第一次與父親（和他的家人）住在一起。在第二篇文章中，麗莎寫道：“在我成長(zhǎng)的過程，我曾經(jīng)非常貧窮，也非常富有，有時(shí)候介于二者中間。”

????但喬布斯可能隨時(shí)收回他的錢和好感。一年夏天，喬布斯與麗莎出現(xiàn)矛盾，從哈佛大學(xué)回到家后，他便停止了對(duì)女兒的資助，并拒絕支付她的大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)。麗莎不得不搬到了街道盡頭的一對(duì)夫婦家中，他們?yōu)樗Ц读藢W(xué)費(fèi)；喬布斯多年來一直沒有償還這筆費(fèi)用。

????沃爾特·艾薩克森在經(jīng)授權(quán)的喬布斯自傳電子版中提到，喬布斯曾說他不會(huì)出席女兒2000年哈佛大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮，因?yàn)辂惿案緵]有邀請(qǐng)我”。事實(shí)上，據(jù)布倫南和另外兩位知情人士透露，麗莎邀請(qǐng)了喬布斯而且喬布斯也出席了典禮。（根據(jù)當(dāng)時(shí)一份報(bào)紙的報(bào)道，喬布斯曾用女兒的畢業(yè)典禮為借口來逃避陪審員義務(wù)。）

????布倫南曾向喬布斯指出，他的蘋果公司官方個(gè)人簡(jiǎn)介中形容他在硅谷“與妻子和三個(gè)孩子住在一起”，“麗莎為此非常生氣”——于是在2001年7月，喬布斯將其改為“四個(gè)孩子中的三個(gè)”。2004年12月，又被修改回“三個(gè)孩子”。

????2005年，布倫南再次陷入財(cái)務(wù)困境。雖然當(dāng)時(shí)她和喬布斯鮮有聯(lián)系，但她還是寫信給喬布斯，要求他提供一大筆“謝禮”，幫她永遠(yuǎn)擺脫經(jīng)濟(jì)困境。

????布倫南寫道：“我撫養(yǎng)女兒長(zhǎng)大，并將她培養(yǎng)成才，并且我現(xiàn)在為你提供了一條途徑，幫你與她保持和睦的父女關(guān)系。”她解釋了自己為什么應(yīng)該得到這筆錢。“我從未讓她與你為敵。我想你可能一直認(rèn)為這是理所當(dāng)然的，但這對(duì)你應(yīng)該有重要的意義……”

????“多年來，你幫助很多人賺到了許多錢，但是否有人曾像我和麗莎那樣為你付出這么多，而且我做這一切，并沒獲得實(shí)際需要的任何充分的、持續(xù)的支持。”

????布倫南稱，經(jīng)過多年的考慮，她認(rèn)為最終的數(shù)字為“2,500萬(wàn)美元”。并且她要求喬布斯支付給麗莎500萬(wàn)美元，她也會(huì)從自己得到的部分中再拿出500萬(wàn)美元給他們的女兒。

????“一個(gè)人經(jīng)歷過如此長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的悲慘遭遇，需要用真相和和解才能實(shí)現(xiàn)真正的解脫。這封信便是真相，而錢和感激則代表了和解。我本應(yīng)該獲得財(cái)富帶來的平和的生活，供養(yǎng)麗莎成長(zhǎng)……我認(rèn)為，這筆錢足以彌補(bǔ)我為你所做的一切。”

????布倫南補(bǔ)充道：“我請(qǐng)求我們將這一頁(yè)永久地翻過去。目前，金錢是唯一有意義的方式。多年來，因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)竊賊的不光彩行為讓我失去的一切，都可以得到彌補(bǔ)和諒解。”

????布倫南說喬布斯沒有回信。

????但她在2009年的要求，即要么付錢要么出版回憶錄，立刻引來了喬布斯憤怒的回應(yīng)。

????布倫南回復(fù)稱：“我并不是想勒索你。請(qǐng)你明白，我更愿意解決問題，而且我之前曾經(jīng)請(qǐng)求你的幫助，或許方式有些不妥。我無(wú)家可歸已經(jīng)一年時(shí)間，而且疾病纏身，沒有工作。可能死了對(duì)我來說更好，但我還沒死成。我無(wú)法擺脫這幅軀體和這樣的生活，我需要做些什么。”

????即便麗莎長(zhǎng)大成人之后，她與喬布斯的關(guān)系也時(shí)好時(shí)壞，兩人曾有很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間沒有聯(lián)系。但2011年10月5日，56歲的喬布斯在帕洛阿爾托的家中去世時(shí)，麗莎便陪伴在喬布斯的身邊。

????但布倫南與喬布斯遺孀的沖突仍在繼續(xù)。喬布斯因胰腺癌去世幾天之后，布倫南在《滾石》雜志上發(fā)表了一篇文章，回憶了早年與喬布斯自由奔放的戀情，以及“隨著喬布斯的成功，他如何變成一個(gè)專橫的惡人”。布倫南稱，這篇文章導(dǎo)致她“沒有獲邀”參加在斯坦福大學(xué)校園為喬布斯舉辦的私人追悼會(huì)。

????2014年1月，她給勞倫·鮑威爾·喬布斯寫了一封掛號(hào)信，要求她完成喬布斯未做的事情，慷慨地從他的遺產(chǎn)中拿出一部分與她進(jìn)行和解。

????布倫南寫道：“你對(duì)史蒂夫的忠誠(chéng)并不意味著也要忠于他的仇恨。……我不應(yīng)該經(jīng)受這些年的貧困，以及他為了對(duì)付我我給出的那些理由……”

????“你有機(jī)會(huì)幫助我，并且不會(huì)影響到你自己的生活和孩子……如果你能幫助我，作為麗莎的母親，我可以得到體面平和的生活，我們不需要告訴任何人……這一切可以在私底下根據(jù)法律完成。”

????喬布斯在遺囑中為他們的女兒留下了數(shù)百萬(wàn)美元的遺產(chǎn)，據(jù)布倫南表示，麗莎一直在用這筆錢資助她的生活。但布倫南表示，她始終沒有收到鮑威爾·喬布斯的回信。在給喬布斯遺孀的信件結(jié)尾，她這樣寫道：“出于許多原因，我們之間的關(guān)系有些尷尬，但我真心希望你能明白，史蒂夫患病多年以及他的離世讓你經(jīng)歷的痛苦，我非常理解。我知道你非常愛他。事實(shí)上，我也愛他。”（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????Lisa was born in May 1978. Jobs, who had launched Apple and was already wealthy, would give his daughter’s name to one of Apple’s first personal computers. Yet he went to great lengths to deny paternity for more than two years, while Brennan cleaned houses, waited tables, and went on welfare. At one point, Jobs even swore in a signed court document that he couldn’t be Lisa’s father because he was “sterile and infertile,” and lacked “the physical capacity to procreate a child.” (He had three more children after marrying Powell in 1991.)

????After a lawsuit forced Jobs to take a paternity test, leading to a court order to provide child support and reimburse the state for its welfare costs, Jobs began paying $500 a month. Apple went public a month later, giving Jobs a personal net worth of more than $225 million. While Jobs rarely visited his daughter for years, bought a mansion, and drove a Mercedes, Brennan struggled to make ends meet. In a published essay, Lisa, who became a writer, later recalled how her father “would stop by our house some days, a deity among us for a few tingling moments or hours.”

????Brennan says later Jobs apologized for the way he’d treated her and Lisa. After developing a closer relationship with his daughter—who legally changed her name to Lisa Brennan-Jobs at age nine—he increased his support “in small increments,” eventually to $4,000 a month, says Brennan. “He was cheap as he could be. He under-provided for everything. It was always like pulling teeth to get him to step up.”

????Over the years after their daughter’s birth, Jobs bought Brennan two cars and a $400,000 house, paid Lisa’s private school tuition, and at times offered other financial help. Despite this, Brennan filed for bankruptcy in 1996. During high school, Lisa lived with her father (and his family) for the first time. In a second essay, Lisa wrote: “Growing up I’d been very poor, very rich, and sometimes in the middle.”

????Jobs’ money—and his favor—could be withdrawn at a moment’s notice. After a summertime conflict with Lisa, back home from Harvard, Jobs stopped supporting her and refused to pay her college tuition. Lisa moved in with a married couple down the street, who covered the tuition; Jobs didn’t repay them for years.

????One e-book edition of Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Jobs quotes him saying that he didn’t attend his daughter’s 2000 Harvard graduation because Lisa “didn’t even invite me.” In fact, according to Brennan and two other sources, his daughter did invite him and he did attend. (According to a newspaper account at the time, Jobs used his daughter’s graduation to get excused from jury duty.)

????After Brennan pointed out to Jobs that his official Apple biography described him as living in Silicon Valley “with his wife and three children”—“Lisa was so upset,” says Brennan—he changed it in July 2001 to “three of his four children.” In December 2004, it was changed back to “three children.”

????In 2005, Brennan was again in financial distress. Although she and Jobs rarely spoke at that point, she wrote him, asking for an “acknowledgement gift” large enough to end her money troubles forever.

????“By raising our daughter and raising her well, I have provided you with a means to having a relationship with her now,” wrote Brennan, explaining why she believed she deserved the payment. “I never turned her against you. I think you might have taken this for granted, but it should mean a great deal to you…

????“I think you have made a lot of money for a lot of people over the years yet I wonder if anyone has done as much for you as I have with Lisa and done so without the full and sustained support that this work has realistically required.”

????Brennan said she had arrived at the figure of “$25 million net” after years of consideration. She also requested $5 million for Lisa, and said she planned to give their daughter another $5 million out of her payment.

????“It may make sense that when one goes through a traumatic experience over so many years that there is a need for truth and reconciliation for real closure to take place. This letter is the truth and money and appreciation represent reconciliation. I should have received the peaceful experiences that wealth provides so I could provide for Lisa as she was growing up….To me this balances what I have done for you.”

????“I am requesting we close this chapter forever,” Brennan added. “Money is the only meaningful thing that can do it at this point. All the years that I have lost as a result of a sort of theft from dishonorable behavior can heal and be forgiven.”

????Brennan says Jobs never responded to her letter.

????Her 2009 payment request, however—offered as an alternative to publishing her memoir—brought his immediate, angry response.

????“I am not trying to black mail you,” Brennan replied. “Please try to see that I would prefer to resolve things and that I have asked you, maybe poorly, to help before. I have been without a home for over a year and I [am] ill and I am fried. It would be convenient for me to die but even this does not happen. I am stuck with a body and a life, I need to do something.”

????Lisa’s own relationship with Jobs remained volatile into adulthood, leading to long periods where they didn’t speak to one another. But Lisa was at her father’s bedside when Jobs died at home in Palo Alto, on October 5, 2011, at 56.

????Brennan’s conflict continued with his widow. Days after Jobs’ death, from pancreatic cancer, Brennan published an essay in Rolling Stone, where she recalled their early, free-spirited romance—as well as the “all-too-often despotic jerk Steve turned into as he rose to meet the world.” This, Brennan says, got her “uninvited” from a private memorial service for Jobs on the Stanford campus.

????In January 2014, she wrote Laurene Powell Jobs a certified letter, urging her to do what he wouldn’t, through a generous settlement from his estate.

????“Your loyalty to Steve does not mean loyalty to his hatreds,” Brennan wrote. “….I simply never deserved the years of poverty and justifications he built up against me…

????“You are in a position to help me without harm to your own life situation and children…..If you can find your way to helping so that I, as Lisa’s mother, can live in dignity and peace, we don’t need to tell anyone….this could be very quietly and legally done.”

????In his estate, Jobs left their daughter a multi-million-dollar inheritance, which Lisa has used to help support her, according to Brennan. But Brennan says she never received a response to her letter from Powell Jobs. She ended her plea to Steve Jobs’ widow this way: “It is awkward between us for many reasons, but I do want you to know that I deeply appreciate what you must have gone through during all the years of Steve’s illness and then his death. I know you loved him very much. In truth, so did I.”