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?”

lawyer Nigel to steal my rightful shares! What did you give him in return? Now that you’ve got nothing after the divorce, you must be prostituting

a father she could

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

tears, unable to believe her own father would

was about to say something, someone snatched her phone

end of the

saw

“Were you just going to let him

Her voice was

tossed her phone back to her. Then he turned and walked towards the Rolls–Royce parked

after him. “Aren’t you going to ask why

“Why would I care?”

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