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conference table, reviewing financi

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glanced toward the do

our ex-wife

room doors slid open. Elena entered quietly

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her handbag. No one

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with a nod. "Please

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divorce from

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as everyone else. William H

am-colored envelope se

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er carefully broke the seal. He unfolde

ed around

the final will and irrevocable trust es

ity of the new controlling shareho

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e to the document.