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“What am I supposed to do with these?”Mason asked, his mouth suddenly very dry.

“There is a letter on the very bottom that will help explain things.”Francis took a step forward to stand right in front of Mason all but touching.“It is my wish that you have everything that is in that box.”

“How do you even know if these properties are...well, still yours?”

“Did you not hear me when I said I was a very good businessman?”

Mason could only nod.“What does the letter say?”

Francis continued to smile, though not as brightly.“Whomever holds those deeds, and other documents, will be entitled to keep them.All of them.It is my last will and testament.”Francis looked down at the hole in the floor.He looked up into Mason’s eyes.“It is my wish that you have everything in that box.”

Mason’s mouth once again fell open.

“Gerald, where are you?”Francis called out.

Within a few seconds, Gerald had joined them.

“I am not used to being summoned,” Gerald grouched.“Especially by you!”

Chapter Twenty-Eight

"I would like an explanation as to what is so important for me to get up half an hour before I needed to?”Ellen asked, one eyebrow raised.“And why am I not to ring for a cup of tea?”

“One, Sharon is out taking a walk.Two, I would rather not have anyone else know that we are speaking, and three, it is of utmost importance and time is of the essence,” Francis answered her.

Ellen looked at Gerald pacing in front of the window.She looked back at Francis.“This is why this little meeting is taking place in your former bedroom?”

“Yes.”Francis smiled slightly as he glanced around the room.“It is...very comfortable in this room for me.”

“It must be important if Gerald woke me.”Ellen smoothed out the dress she was wearing.“Well, get on with it.Tell me.”

“My dear, you were quite right to say that Francis was a good businessman even though I was rather tired of hearing you say so,” Gerald grumbled.“Now, I admit I am quite jealousandenvious.”

“This is a red-letter day.I shall mark it in my calendar,” Ellen twittered, covering her mouth with her hand.“Never in my life would I have ever expected that statement to come out of your mouth, Gerald.”

“And I never thought I would say it either,” Gerald all but growled.