My brother’s future in-laws looked me up and down at the rehearsal dinner like I didn’t belong there. Then they started bragging about their powerful family name. What they didn’t know was that the estate beneath their feet belonged to me. And one more insult was about to cost them everything…

to blur.

My mother had worked double shifts after our father abandoned us. She sold her wedding ring so Owen could stay in college.

And now this man wanted her hidden away.

I stood slowly from my chair.

“Mr. Alden,” I said calmly, “before you make another decision involving this estate, there’s something you should understand.”

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