The Woman From Hell

The butler looked at the group and said in a cold voice, "Before Madam Mathilda left, she merely said to let Mr. Tory preside over family affairs. The lawyer will read hers and Mr. Harold's wills." "Let him preside?" Seline seemed dissatisfied. "Why is Grandma letting him preside? Which one of her children isn't more legitimate than him? Does she think that the Zimmersons aren't embarrassed enough?"

Everyone else agreed with what she said and echoed to express their disapproval.

The butler seemed to have grown accustomed to such a situation and said with great calmness, "I know everybody thinks that Mr. Tory isn't fit to preside over

family matters, but this is Madam Mathilda's orders. Now that she's gone, the Zimmersons' family affairs will be left to Mr. Tory to handle. If anyone opposes or disagrees, you can leave the Zimmersons. You'll have nothing to do with the Zimmersons from now on. If you choose to stay, you'll remain a Zimmerson and listen to Mr. Tory's arrangements."

When he was done with his sentence, most of those who opposed him fell silent.

It was the same for Seline. Although she refused to accept it, she chose to clam up and very reluctantly went back to her grandmother's bedside to continue kneeling.

Compared to leaving the Zimmerson family, having Tory preside over family affairs did not seem that hard to accept now.

The lawyer came in no time at all. Everyone looked expectantly at him, hoping to hear their names in the will.

for the Zimmersons. When he came in, he first paid his respects to Madam Mathilda by bowing to her. He then took out a will from his briefcase. "My condolences to everyone. People can't come back from the dead, and Madam Mathilda is considered to have lived to a ripe old age. She

that was filled with cries

this date, under my power, the Zimmerson family is considered a success. It began and will end on a good note. Before I leave, I have made all necessary arrangements to keep the Zimmersons on track and prevent all of you from disgracing the Zimmersons in

and responsibility toward the Zimmersons. To him, the Zimmersons were

after careful thought, I've decided to elect Tory Zimmerson as the next head of the family. He'll manage the Zimmerson

distribution of some

varying expressions after hearing

Tory with a defiant and resentful

the will that anyone who opposed could leave the

Tory and perhaps even threaten him, which was why he added such a

but it was hard to tell if they

be filled

but they were all handed over to Tory as well. Facing the jealous and resentful gazes

our respects to Madam Mathilda, Theo and I