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‘I’rabbed up her bag froht before and hauled out her phone

‘Who are you calling?’ ‘Toby’ Angelo snatched the phone off her ‘What do you need with him?’ ‘Give me my phone!’ Gwenna screeched at him

‘Think before you spill the beans…can you trust Toby Jaelo set her phone down on the table between thearden committee, isn’t he?’ Gwenna snatched up her phone but she did nother think twice about contacting her best friend for support

Her throat was thick with eeto do with you’ ‘He signed over the property against his debt to Furnridge If he didn’t legally own the estate, he committed another act of fraud Perhaps you would prefer the police to investigate the matter’ A chill settled over Gwenna then She felt as if she were trapped in a nightelo settled a hand to her spine She pulled away in a violent movement of rejection

‘You had to be told solance ‘I intend to discuss your insane allegations with elo removed a file from the drawer of the desk and walked back to hand it to her

‘Go away,’ she urged unevenly

Angelo went out to the hall where Piglet had been corralled in disgrace The little dog’swalk had concluded with the noisy harasselo had been quite heartened when he’d heard about that unprovoked attack It was good to know that he wasn’t the onlythe door back into the drawing roolet take the bait and pelt past hi

Clutching her pet below one arm, Gwenna sat down at the desk and opened the file There were legal letters, sanature, expert opinions But when she came on the deposition from the man who had witnessed her mother’s will, her tummy turned queasy The witness was prepared to swear in court that Isabel Massey had left her estate to her child

When Angelo reappeared half an hour later, Gwenna was proud that she had hung onto her coive you a pack of excuses My staff tell elo advanced

‘I can handle it’ Her blue eyes were bright as stars with defiance as she looked steadily back at him

‘I’ot to do with you? Hoould you know?’ she practically screamed at hi her by stor her

Angelo remained tactfully silent

‘You think I’ to I only lose it with you!’ she muttered defensively

Gwenna sat in the li with a mess of disturbed emotions The vehicle pulled up outside her father’s home

‘You don’t have to confront hielo asked levelly

‘He’s the file, Gwenna climbed out ‘And don’t you dare come in!’

Chapter 9

Donald Hah the file Gwenna had presented him with

Finally he thrust it down on the table His corey hue, his shock palpable ‘Did Angelo Riccardi put all that stuff together for you?’ ‘Yes,’ Gwenna breathed ‘Please don’t tell me any lies I need to hear the truth’ ‘It looks a lot worse than it is,’ Donald declared defensively ‘Letthat just happened Don’t talk as though it was so that you had no control over,’ Gwenna broke in tautly ‘You forged my mother’s will so that I was left penniless That’s what it co too ued vehemently ‘It all started out quite innocently When you were a baby, I tried to persuade your ether we could build houses on the Massey estate’ ‘Build?’ Gwenna parroted ‘But it’s against the law to develop a site that’s been listed as being of historical significance’ ‘It was over twenty years ago and the estate wasn’t listed then,’ he reedly ‘I wanted to make some money for us all Isabel was as poor as a church ested the property deal Playing lady of thehouse was in ruins, was very ied reluctantly