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“Nope I wouldn’t haveone ar her close for a kiss

“Ready for bed?” he asked

Lou helped hi the sling for the night He slid between the sheets naked, and she crawled in with hiainst his neck They fell asleep instantly, his breath blowing against her nose and hers tickling the hair on his chest

Brody and Lou slept late the nextand, after she helped him shower and dress, they shared a box of Lucky Charms in silence She stood quickly when she heard tires crunch in the driveway and ran out onto the porch Sarah ju herself in heranied Jeb and Sadie and then John took Sarah to play so Brody and Lou could fill them in on what happened

They sat quietly discussing the past few days at the kitchen table when they heard a short, crisp knock on the door Lou opened the door to find a slasses He extended his hand to Lou and said, “Nice to meet you I have an appointment with Dr Wester today”

She stepped aside and let him walk past her into the rooood hand to shake with the small man “We have an appointently reminded Brody

Brody turned and introduced hiroup as “my mother’s attorney”

“Let’s go to the study where we can have so toward the hallway

The small roup of people I need to

see Jeb, Sadie, John, Sarah, Lou, and you, all together” He walked over to the kitchen table and laid his briefcase down, flipping the locks He reroup “Is young John in residence?” he asked hesitantly

Lou went to the door and called John and Sarah inside When everyone was assembled at the kitchen table, the attorney started to speak

“Dr Wester, your mother left explicit instructions on how her estate is to be divided It is quite a large estate Your mother has invested heavily in the past years and those investments have always paid off” He took a deep breath “To Dr Wester, she has left the horounds on which the home sits This includes the contents of the home on the date of her death and the all possessions herein To each person seated at this table, Margaret Wester has bequeathed an equal sum of 500,000 per person That includes the child”

Lou took a deep breath and looked over to see tears rolling down Sadie’s cheeks Jeb reached over and took Sadie’s hand

“The business known as Western Skies is now jointly owned by each of you Jeb and Sadie receive twenty-five percent, which they will share Brody, Lou, and John each receive twenty-five percent as well If any one person does not want to be a part of Western Skies, they can sell their share to the other three They cannot sell outside of this group Dr Wester, you living at Western Skies is not mandatory Your mother made specific instructions as to this fact”