Chapter 28 Machination

• Clara entered the bedroom to call her husband for dinner and found Richard sitting on the edge of the bed, holding his head as he stared at a file.
• “What’s wrong, honey?” Clara asked, walking closer and placing her hands on his shoulders, rubbing them slowly.
• “I thought it would be easy, but that fucking old man—” Richard hissed, scowling at the memory of his father. “He was a step ahead of me. Since Leah has now turned twenty-one, his lawyer came to my office yesterday and handed me the original will.”