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You have reached the office of Maxwell Stevens. We’re sorry for the inconvenience, but our office will be closed until Tuesday afternoon due to a family emergency. Please leave your name, number, the reason for your call, and it will be returned promptly by Tuesday evening. Thank you.
Pressing END and closing the phone, it seemed that no new information would be forthcoming until the will was read with everyone present. If Lady Luck was in the vicinity, then the fire would have destroyed any copies of the will or divorce papers. That was one less building for the construction crew to demolish. Now it was a matter of scooping up the charred ruins and hauling them away.
It was quiet here with everyone gone. The lodge was set far enough back from the highway that headlights and engine n
