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I held up the envelope. “She knew about you and her sister. She knew about the child.
And she knew why you stayed.”
Dad laughed once. “You’re confused.”
“No,” I said. “You are.”
My brother continued.
“She rewrote the will. Everything goes to us. You get nothing.”
Dad’s face drained of color.
“That’s not possible.”
“It is,” I replied. “It’s already done.”
Laura stepped back from him. “You said it was handled.”
“This wedding didn’t give you a future. It exposed the truth.”
We left without saying goodbye.
Months later, Laura left him, too. Turns out love fades fast when there’s nothing left to inherit.
Mom was right.
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