The Texas Heiress: A Reckoning

gretful expression. The initial bill was already over a hundred thousand dollars. Th

le it," I said, tryin

d another. Declined. A cold dread washed over

k said, "Mr. Scott has frozen all joint accounts and

ything. Maria had a safe full of jewelry, heirlooms from the Texas oil boom days

study and knelt before the heavy steel safe hidden behind

as e

t boxes were torn and thrown aside.

pocket. It was a notification from Insta

a at a fancy restaurant. Around her neck was my grandmother's signature nec

hew had commented, "Onl

my helpless grandmother and given her treasures to his mistres

I called him. He

" he s

ew. You stole my gr

keepers. You should have been a better wife,

ng to th

laced her things and you're trying to frame my assistant. See who they

standing in the ransack