make sure it was secure.
“Six o’clock?”
“Six.”
“And if anything changes?”
“I call you.”
“And?”
“We decide together.”
I nodded.
He finally understood.
There were no secrets anymore.
Caleb had moved out of William’s house.
The trust was fully in his control.
But by then we both understood the money had never truly been the issue.
Control was.
Who got to decide.
About Nora, there would be no more secret choices.
No private bargains.
No deciding what was “best” without the other person knowing.
Everything would be discussed openly.
I eventually showed Grandpa the letters too.
Especially the final one.
He isn’t like his father.
Grandpa held that page in trembling hands and cried.
“I thought I was protecting you.”
“I know.”
“I never gave that boy a chance.”
“I know.”
“I’m sorry.”
I covered his hand with mine.
“That’s the problem, Grandpa.”
He looked at me.
“All of
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