The lawyer had barely finished reading the will when I sh0ved my chair back so hard it hit the wall.
“Two houses to Daniel and Eric,” I repeated. “Two houses.”
My brothers avoided looking at me.
Attorney James Porter glanced at the document.
“Your father left the Cleveland rental property to Daniel, the Columbus house to Eric, and two hundred thousand dollars from his investment account to your nephew, Tyler.”
“And me?”
James hesitated.
My mother, Margaret, sat beside the window twisting a tissue between her fingers.
I already knew what was coming.
“Your father’s instructions regarding you are different,” James said. “He asked that you assume responsibility for your mother’s care for the remainder of her life.”
“And me?”
James hesitated.
My mother, Margaret, sat beside the window twisting a tissue between her fingers.
I already knew what was coming.
“Your father’s instructions regarding you are different,” James said. “He asked that you assume responsibility for your mother’s care for the remainder of her life.”
End
