The will reading was scheduled for two days after the funeral at Mr. Henderson’s office downtown. He had been Grandpa’s longtime lawyer.
“You can’t just throw us out.”
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Aunt Linda arrived 10 minutes late, dressed in black but looking radiant, as if she’d already won. She sat across from me and slid a folded document onto the polished desk between us.
“Just getting the unpleasantness out of the way,” she said.
I unfolded it.
An eviction notice dated that morning.
My vision blurred.
Mr. Henderson didn’t even look at the paper. He calmly adjusted his glasses, folded his hands, looked at her, and said, “Actually, we won’t be discussing the property today.”
My vision blurred.
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