It was time to read the will. Ted was grateful for the numbness that had spread through his heart and soul over the last few days. This wasn’t going to be pretty.
A handful of board members filed into the conference room, spectators on behalf of MAC Superior, plus MacTaggart cousins, aunts, uncles, and other curious parties. Race MacTaggart had requested each person be present, though none expected he’d left them anything.
Except his sons. Ted, the eldest, settled quietly into the seat at the right hand of the attorney—his seat for the last few years of his father’s life. Wally, the middle child, threw himself into his seat across the table and smirked at his big brother like this was some kind of party.
He probably thought it was. For all Ted knew, Wally had reason to celebrate. Over t
