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"All right, then The reason I called both of you today is that Mrs Steel toldthe terms of the will Now, first of all, neither Mrs Steel nor I are nosy parkers Mary Anne attached a private letter for me to her testa like this to happen And she likewise gave her lawyer specific instructions to contact me if such was the case Which, as you know, is

Now, Mrs Steel dutifully inforive you the most uncomfortable details, as a friend of Mary Anne's and yours"

"Well, they can't have been too unco sht at this moment"

"He said there was a funny side to it That's all I know Maybe you'll be able to clarify it for me"

"Not before someone tells me what this is all about"

"Yes, of course Sorry, Katherine" Pause "It sees in one basket over the inheritance I said the Martins because Mrs Steel tellsher"

"Jesse told me it was Geneva mostly"

"Yes, I believe so"

Silence

"Anyway," he continued "The point is that they told Mrs Steel they intended to claim that you two conspired to take Mary Anne in and more or less forced her to include you as heirs"

"Wh… What?! How could we conspire if we hadn't evento reliable sources, you were a couple long before you met Mrs Sloan"

"I see"

"Now, Kathy, Mrs Steel has assuredwill not prosper, and you have both our testi to worry about We neither of us wants you to be anxious, all right? We just thought you should know at least as much as we do"

"Thank you, Doctor Thank you very s are not that bad"

"You don't understand, Jesse I can't possibly cope with this! I spent halfto this island because I couldn't deal with the fact that I'd left my job and my boyfriend And I'd left them because I couldn't deal with them! I'm a failure I've more than proved it"