“And if I don’t?” she asked tightly.
“Then you forfeit the inheritance.”
My aunt stood up abruptly. “This is blackmail!”
Mr. Henderson calmly adjusted his glasses one final time.
“There is one additional clause.”
Aunt Linda nearly fainted.
“If you attempt to contest the trust or the will in court, you will immediately forfeit your inheritance in its entirety.”
The silence that followed felt heavier than anything I’d experienced all week.
“This is blackmail!”
Aunt Linda looked down at the eviction notice, slowly picked it up, stared at it, and then crumpled it in her fist.
“You think you’ve won,” she said to me, her voice low.
I swallowed. “I never wanted to fight.”
She grabbed her purse. “Enjoy your dirt,” she muttered and walked out without another word.
The door clicked shut behind her.
I sat there, stunned.
“You think you’ve won.”
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