Charleza’s p.o.v.
Riog is looking at Mr. Wisebinder as if he were speaking a foreign language, and his eyes look down at the papers in his hands, almost as if he is hoping it will all make sense.
“Let me get this straight. Grandma Rozena died when I was twenty-seven, and Aler never bothered to find out what her will stated.” Riog looks from Mr. Wisebinder to me.
“That is correct.” Mr. Wisebinder replies. “You were all invited to her will reading, but none of you showed up, except for Charleza. I contacted your father a few times, but he never responded.”
I have heard that explanation before, and it was another reminder that Aler and Calyree disliked Grandma Rozena a great deal, maybe even hated her.
Mr. Wisebinder has Riog fill out forms to claim his share of the inheritance, then ha
