NELSON ESTATE The afternoon sun filtered through the curtains of Edmund Nelson’s private study. There was tension between the three brothers—Edmund, Nathan, and Thomas—who sat around the round table with their faces hardened with worry. Edmund tapped his fingers impatiently against the table, while Nathan leaned back in his chair with his arms crossed. Thomas sat forward with his gaze focused as he waited for Edmund to address the issue at hand. “We have a problem,” Edmund began, breaking the silence. “Miguel is making moves. He’s laying claim to the property we took from his family.” Nathan scoffed and waved his hand dismissively. “Miguel has no right to it. We can easily say his parents signed off the property before they died. It’s done. They relinquished all rights to it.” Th

