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"She's just like Daddy with his falanced at me and then stopped his smile

I ignored her and opened the folders

"These documents pertain to Daddy's estate," I said "There's property we'll liquidate now, nated as the executor so I will handle the work," I said Actually, I wasn't the sole executor, but I knew she wouldn't challenge it and it would be easy to do everything I had planned by just adding her signature wherever it was needed or getting her to sign a paper She would never read it first

"Good," she said, obviously relieved it was only business, and started to stand

"There's ain "Don't you care?"

"I never knew much about business affairs, Olivia You're the expert I'm sure you'll do

everything right," she said

"Thank you for your vote of confidence," I said dryly "I plan to sell the house"

She looked up sharply

"The house?" She looked from Samuel to me "Sell Daddy's house?"

"Of course What do ith so big a home now? Why should we incur the cost of all those servants to keep it up? The proceeds will go into the estate and be better invested Daddy s that have to be done correctly to avoid losing tootrust"

She shook her head and then clapped her palm to her forehead

"I have such a splitting headache, Olivia I's," she said "Only" She lowered her hand, finally a serious thoughtbrain

"Only what, Belinda?"

"If we sell the house, where will I live?" She looked to Sahtly closed, the corners of his mouth hite