" Grandpa, let's have breakfast"
" Coming"
Grandpa took his seat and we both ate quietly while watching the morning news.
" Breaking news: Around 6AM in the morning, DR. Owen Peter passed away due to a heart attack and the owner and Ceo of World Industries is no more. The funeral is kept private only allowing family and friends and few other influential people."
" Owen Peter" I turned to Grandpa and saw him frowning at the news, I remember that before the killing, Grandpa attended his funeral as well and when he returned he was sad and was always in his thoughts, thinking and staring, definitely behaving weirdly. In the past, I didn't think much but now maybe this is all connected and something definitely happened at the funeral and it came back to bite us.
" I am going to the city" Saying this he got up to get ready.
" I am coming," I said, I need to go with him this time.
He turned to me and asked, " Are you sure?"
I smiled and said, " Yaa, I can't let you go alone." I find my answer funny and so does Grandpa but he doesn't expose me. He has always been like that, though my father was frightened by my actions, Grandpa knew that I was having fun frightening people, he always laughed when I took dead rats to him and redirected me to my father and mother.
" Fine, pack your things, we will move out in an hour. I will have the boat ready."
I stuff my mouth with an omelet and run to my room to pack my things, in an hour we both were on the boat and ready to leave this town that has sheltered us for more than 20 years.
" Let's go..." The boat driver shouted and I took a deep breath, this was the first time I left this town after coming here. I looked at the small town, gave it one final look, and then turned my back on it and walked to the front of the boat and looked at the buildings of the city that were visible.
After 2 hours the boat reached its destination. A car was waiting for us, as we walked to it, a man came out of the car with his cane.
" Welcome back Master, Young Miss." Mike bowed his head.
Mike is our head butler and he was grandpa's most trusted person. I smiled at him and wished back, "Hey Mike, still alive?"
Mike smiles, " Yes Miss, not going anywhere until I see your children."
Mike is used to my tactics like Grandpa, he is also the only person who understood me since my childhood.
As we got into the car I asked, " So, how did Dr.Owen die? Is it really a heart attack?"
Mike heaved and said, " Yes Miss, I heard that he was having an argument with his grandson and suddenly he collapsed and it was already late by the time he was taken to the hospital."
I raised my eyebrows while checking the internet for photos of Owen's grandson, I asked, " I still wonder how you get such info, Mike"
A folder was handed to me, I took it and flipped through it, and seeing information on the whole of Peter's family, I smiled.
" There is so much to hate about you Mike and one of them is your skill to read people."
Both Mike and Grandpa laugh at my sentence.
" I will take that as a compliment Young Miss."
I nod while reading the file, Owen Peter's head of Peter's family and the Ceo of World Industries. Family: One son and daughter, their spouses, and 4 grandchildren.
I flip while checking their faces and ask, " What were they arguing about?"
" Apparently the eldest grandson James made a mistake in the business and they suffered a huge loss, this affected their shares as well. Now the family is waiting for the will to see who gets the business."
" And that's why I needed to come, I have the safety key to his will," Grandpa said while looking outside the window.
He then turned to me, " Ana go back to the Mansion with Mike and bring the key which is in the safety locker."
I nodded my head and we dropped Grandpa at Peter's Mansion, then we went to the Mansion.
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Grandpa Pov
I walked into the main hall and as always Peter's butler came to greet me, " Mr. Victor, it's good to see you after a long time."
I nodded and calmly walked to the coffin, the crowd parted, and whispers grew. I ignore everything and everyone and go straight to the lonely coffin.
When I peeked in to see my old friend, I was shocked at him so thin, " I have never seen him so thin." I whisper.
" What happened to you old man?" I frown, controlling my emotions, I take one last look at him and turn around. The coffin was closed behind me.
They probably waited for me and now that I had my chance to say goodbye, I was relieved. I texted Mike that we were going to the graveyard for the burying and that they could come slowly.
When all the rituals are done and the body is buried. All of us returned to the Mansion. All the people were curious about the will and they knew I had the key.
The lawyer of Peter's walked to me, along with both the son and daughter of Owen, " Mr.Victor, I suppose that you have the key to the will."
I looked at them, Jake son of Owen looked tired and Jasmine looked cold as usual, both of them unworthy of the wealth, " Yes, but first send the unwanted people away."
The lawyer looked around and said, " All the people here are requested to be witnesses to the will Mr. Victor, I have no idea whom you are talking about."
" Is that right?" I turn to look at the family I hate most.
*****
Ana pov
We reached the Mansion and I could already feel the tension when I stepped into the hall. Grandpa was glaring at someone and the rest of the people just held their breaths. No sound was made, all I could hear was my grandpa's heavy breathing.
I frowned and walked to him, " Grandpa? What happened?"
" Ana Smith!"