PART 3 The courthouse smelled like wet coats, old paper, and coffee that had been burned for too many hours.

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Bryce stood.

“I serve as strategic consultant.”

Margaret rose.

“Unpaid and unofficial, Your Honor. No employment contract. No board-approved executive role.”

Bryce’s jaw moved.

Martin Hale continued.

“Mrs. Calloway often relied on him.”

Margaret turned a page.

“Mrs. Calloway relied on him as a husband. That is different from authorizing him to control a multigenerational continue reading …