The highlighted sentence was only twenty-three words long, but I read it so many times the letters began to blur.
Jerome Carter sat across from me, perfectly still, giving me room to absorb it.
I read it again.
Any inheritance distributed to my grandson, Scott Michael Collins, shall remain contingent upon his continued good-faith marriage to Avery Lynn Collins for no fewer than twelve months following my death.
My fingers tightened around the edge of the document.
“Twelve months,” I whispered.
Jerome nodded. “Your husband’s grandmother died six weeks ago. Which means, legally speaking, Scott needed to remain married to you for nearly eleven more months to receive the full inheritance.”
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