ter

locked the door and leaned her ba

figure this out. And she wasn't going to waste another

done pla

their own game,and she

document. She needed a plan. A legal one. There had to be somethin

canned copy of her

ed back at her wi

d to her upon marriage, within thirty days of my passing. F

the sente

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de he

s lawyer-Mr. Daniel. An older man, sharp and q

ar to her that there was no other way out,but sh

d ring. "Hargrove and As

it's Serah. S

olences again. How

y. "Listen, I need to tal

calling about the

's any way around it. A legal

was a

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" she m

r example, the definition of 'marriage'-if the union was genuine or

I marry someone just t

mother was aware of those tricks. She insisted on a post-marri

wha

e estate won't be legally transferred to you until a six-

heart

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ng else?" she as

ournals... maybe something she left behind t

ooks here. Her journals too. She

e left you anything unof

oom. Her grandmother had always been a secretive woman. Books were her best-

ldest journal and flipp

Bible next-s

r book with faded gold lettering: Wuthe

open

on the f

on the

edge scratche

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ett

d with age. Tucked jus

ht as she slowl

en across the fron

When the ti

bling, she

s handwriting st

earest

ought you to a moment where choices must

ng enough to see both. That is why I placed the cond

ut trust, my dear, must never be blind. If

l not expect who are pla

s strangers. And not a

now. Ask the right questions. Watch closel

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va would t

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flew back t

thing hidden-mo

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number from

lping them. Meet me tonight. Rooftop

slammed agai

on bothering her life? She already has a lot to

eone who actuall

ould be helpin

ound the letter. Her

trust anyone-

s done bei

g so naive and ea

hing her grandmother was still alive. At Least she will be he

her right from when they were small,she has never made Eva feel

someone, a greedy person will always be greedy

va fail at whatever game they are plannin

g to find out just ho

t walking strai