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"I'm sorry, Anton, I had no idea you were interested, but this is as much about family to me as it is business. I can't sell."
My little Dove took the open chair rather than sitting with me, keeping herself in a place of single power.
"What was that then?"
He was not leaving without a full explanation.
"My other property. To finance what needed to be done, I had to sell my inheritance. My father bought each of us a lot and said that no matter what happened in our lives, we should have a home free and clear that was ours. No one but our children could ever have a right in anything we traded, and whatever we ended up with had to be bought outright.
The Grove was my property, and I traded it for the manor."
"That was a very smart decision on your father's part," Dad commended, "b
