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…

inside a property I own.”

Grace stood abruptly. “What did Dad do?”

Nobody answered.

I lifted my phone and read the manager’s message aloud. Quietly. I didn’t need volume.

When I finished, Grace stared at her father like she no longer recognized him.

“You tried to move Mrs. Ellis?” she whispered.

Conrad’s jaw tightened. “I was considering presentation.”

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