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“Knight, we have a lot to discuss about your father’s estate” I saw the weariness blanket him

“Is there a question about the will?” I asked “A dispute? I thought that was rock solid”

“No nothing like that You are the sole heir with specific requests on behalf of your mother and Seraphina There are notes to set up a trust to keep the Castilles fro”

“Of course,” I muttered Family had boundaries

“Is it the off-shore accounts?”

He sighed “I think I should start with these” He shoved a file across the desk I opened the top flap

“What the hell is this?” I saw the ledgers The nus “This is the warehouse district And the distillery” I glared at Paul

“There are more” He handed me a second file thicker than the first

I shook es Thirdproperty” I skianization is this? Who doesto decide as fact or fiction “Is this a real company?”

Paul crossed his leg over his knee “It’s very real”

“Carpe Nocte between ht feel “It’s not possible It can’t be” I shook my head

“It’s Kennedy Martin You should know she has notes like this all over town She owns New Orleans now”

“Kennedy? The girl I dated?”

“She studied furiously under her father before his passing,” Paul explained “He taught her his own techniques They’ve worked for her”

“What the actual fuck, Paul?”