I didn’t sleep. Cuddled, sure, but slept, nuh-uh. I didn’t eat breakfast, despite the fact that breakfast could’ve fed a small army. My heart seemed to be beating at a constant heavy-metal beat. Meaning, fast and furious, pounding loudly in my ears.
Benny, of course, ate. And ate. And ate my share. And flirted with Matilda, who also seemed rather nervous. I wondered why. Didn’t she already own pretty much everything now that her brother was gone?
Maximillian appeared at the last sips of coffee. “Whenever you all are ready,” the lawyer said.
BOOM! went my already too-fast-beating heart. This was it. This is where my journey brought me to. I stood, knees actually trembling, hands shaking. Matilda and Benny also stood. Only Benny, of course, was grinning. We followed Maximillian outside th
