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"It's a lot like a castle, yeah And you're right, living there isn't hard Except there are conditions One of them is that I can only leave for fourteen days every quarter If I'm away for more than that, I lose my inheritance"
"Like whatever's in the trusts? How much is it?"
"Thatcher! You can't ask that! It's rude!" My cheeks were on fire with embarrassment He knew better than to ask so, squeezing
"It's okay, Scarlett" Looking up to the rearview again, he said, "The truth is, I don't know the exact nu to the terms of the will, Griffen isn't supposed to tell us In the video he left, Prentice told Griffen to take it all I think he didn't want us to kno ames"
"Sounds like it He wasn't a nice guy?"
Tenn was quiet for a long uy And he wasn't a good father, either"
"No wonder you guys can't figure out who killed hi list"
Tenn laughed "It's a very long list," he agreed
Thatcher digested all of this before he put it together "You were already gone for the fourteen days this quarter, weren't you? And if we don't get back by eleven, you lose your inheritance? That's crazy"
"Not just that," I added "If we don't get back by eleven, he doesn't only lose thethe house and the inn where Tenn works He'll lose everything"
Thatcher stared at us, at a loss "Why? Why would you take the risk? Your house? Your job? And it has to be a lot of money, even if you don't kno much That's crazy"
Tenn shook his head, a be, he reached over and took ers wrapped aroundmy skin
He sent that bemused smile my way before he answered "First of all, we ht hours left, which is slightly less crazy, though I take your point And second, I don't know exactly howabout, but Griffen implied it was a hefty amount and he's not a liar"
"And third?" Thatcher pressed
"Third, you were uys after you I don't care as at risk for o after you on her own"
"Couldn't you have waited until the quarter was over?"
"Did you forget what happened in that one down if we hadn't been there? Your dad would have done his best, but he wouldn't have been able to keep you safe Not when they planned to use you for leverage"