I noticed right away. When he didn’t answer my knock, I tried the handle. It was unlocked.
I stepped inside carefully.
“Arthur?”
Nothing.
I walked down the hallway and pushed open a door.
I found him lying in bed peacefully, as if he had simply fallen asleep. He was 80.
Arthur’s funeral was small. I received an invitation by mail through his lawyer.
And that’s when I finally saw his children.
Daniel, the oldest. Claire, the middle child. And Mark, the youngest.
They all wore expensive suits and stood together.
I overheard them whispering about their inheritance.
None of them looked at me or asked who I was.
After the service, a man approached me.
“Are you Kylie?”
“Yes.”
“I’m Thomas, Arthur’s lawyer. He requested your presence at the will reading this afternoon at my office at 3 p.m.”
I frowned. “Are you sure?”
Thomas gave a small nod. “Very.”
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