So I opened the front door.
His expression changed the second he saw inside.
“This is…”
“Your father left me a debt-free home,” I said. “He left you a luxury property you need to learn how to afford.”
Jared left angry.
Two weeks later, Vanessa returned.
This time, she brought Jared and her parents, Richard and Linda.
She arrived carrying luggage.
“We’re staying for the weekend,” she announced. “We need to inspect the property.”
“No.”
She laughed.
“This is family property.”
“No. It’s my property.”
Vanessa became increasingly angry.
She insisted she needed receipts, records, and information about Thomas’s estate.
When I refused to let them inside, her father looked confused.
“Vanessa told us Leah invited us.”
I turned toward him.
“I didn’t.”
Richard looked at his daughter.
“You said she invited us.”
Vanessa’s expression tightened.
“That isn’t important.”
Actually, it was.
Then Jared admitted why they were really there.
