“But aren’t you, my lawyer? I thought it was your job to handle such things.” Gwen said, taken aback by his firm tone.
“I see you need a little enlightenment. Did you even read the copy of your mother’s handwritten will? You can't just sell everything off because it's not yours to do so. At least not yet.”
Evan’s honest, plainspoken words twisted her heart, but she was hearing something that she hadn't heard before.
“What are you saying? That I came here for nothing! That none of this is mine to begin with?”
Evan was so upset, he had to take a deep breath to calm himself. It was too late to take back his straightforward words or rearrange them in a different manner, they just slipped out. He knew he had said something, he shouldn't have from the look of surprise in her eyes. He didn't
