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“Not interested,” Shane replied

Hell, he had no idea what his grandfather had been thinking Leaving his entire estate to Shane The fuck up The ex-con The house alone orth a fortune, but the property with nearly one hundred acres of forested land and a small lake to boot, orth so much more And that was only a small part of the estate With monies invested, the portfolio was impressive

And then there were the horses

Shane heaved a heavy sigh He didn’t deserve it and his father knew it, yet Niall had believed in him to the end

Three years ago, Shane would have handed over the property to his father, taken the s and woht Sure he would have hated hi full steam ahead down the road of excess and misery, he would have been all over that

“Not interested,” his father repeated, unable to hide the surprise in his voice

Shane started, one down memory lane and turned around, arainst his workbench

He thought of the letter his grandfather had written, the one handed over to him by the attorneys—the one he’d been unable to read

What the hell was he doing?

He’d been in New Waterford for nored every single request for a one yesterday was because…

Christ, he didn’t even knohy The only thing he was sure of was that it had been time Time to move one Time to face his demons Time to face his past

Tiether

If not for hirandfather

Jaher cocked his head to the side and stared at Shane for several long moments Eventually his eyes wandered, behind him, to the portrait on the wall and for a second, for one brief one so fast, Shane wasn’t even sure he had seen it

“You still paint”