Claire whispered, “That’s not possible…”
“It’s already arranged,” Thomas added. “Accounts. Transfers. All of it.”
“This isn’t over,” Daniel said, standing up. “We’ll challenge it!”
Thomas didn’t flinch. “You can try. But you won’t succeed because your father planned for that.”
Mark stared at the table.
Daniel shook his head.
Then they walked out.
One by one.
“We’ll challenge it!”
***
I signed the papers that afternoon.
It didn’t feel real.
***
The money came through weeks later.
I paid off debts first. Then I fixed what needed fixing. I moved my kids into a bigger house a few streets away from the old one.
For the first time in years… I could breathe.
It didn’t feel real.
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