Chapter 11 The Wedding Anniversary

The caller ID displayed her father’s name. With pursed lips, Maia hesitated before answering.

“Yes?” she couldn’t bring herself to call him “Dad” and spoke impassively. “What’s the matter?”

“Maia, how did your mother’s 20 percent stake in the winery end up in Errol’s name?” Homer Burgess shouted, “What have you been doing behind my back? When did your mom make this will? Why didn’t I know about it?”

Now that Cedric owned 55 percent of Burgess Winery, that 20 percent stake was of utmost importance to Homer. He would be left with no rights if he lost it.

Maia gripped her phone. He was being ridiculous.

She mocked, “You only cared about your mistress back then. How would you know about Mom making her will?”

Nigel to steal my rightful shares! What did you give him in return? Now that you’ve got

of a father she could rely on, Homer was nothing but

gotten from the marriage? You slept with Cedric for nothing, and now you’re trying to steal what

unable to believe her own father would say

about to say something, someone snatched her phone away, and Homer’s

of the

saw Cedric. Suddenly, he disconnected the

“Were you just going to

bitter smile. Her voice was so soft

at her with mixed emotions and tossed her phone back to her. Then he turned and walked towards the

chased after him. “Aren’t you going to

“Why would I care?”

in the first place?”

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