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Zach shoved an agitated hand over his military-style haircut “What happens?”

Mark opened the folder “This is in your grandfather’s handwriting, notarized and witnessed as part of his last will and testament He says, ‘Should any of you choose not to spent one full year in Clayton, the entire inheritance, including the fao to Samuel Clayton We’ve had our share of bad history, but he is my brother’”

“What? That’s crazy” Vivienne’s blue eyes flashed “There’s no way Grandpa would leave anything to Great-Uncle Samuel or his clan of rotten Claytons”

Mark offered the folder for Vivienne’s perusal “I tend to agree with your sentirandfather was ada, he felt badly about sos he’d done to his brother”

They all knew the story Grandpa George had not only stolen Sairl and , blind father, Great-Grandpa Isaac, that, as an attorney, he was best suited to handle the fa most of Clayton, whereas Sa bad blood had flowed into Samuel’s three sons and their children, too

“Some of us have too many wounds from Great-Uncle Sa,” Brooke said as she stroked Zach’s shoulder The muscles beneath her hand were rock hard with tension She remembered the lies Vincent Clayton had told that had almost destroyed Zach’s dream

“There are some decent people in this town,” Mei said “We all knohat Great-Uncle Samuel’s bunch would do with that kind of power and money”

Gri in their rotten path I don’t know if I can take off a year, but—”

Mei’s ht “We have to try”

Zach stretched a hand toward thereed?”

Like old times One for all All for one