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“To protect your mother from slanderer’s claims.”
“Such as?”
“Her only being interested in your father’s wealth.”
“And is that the only reason for his concealment?” Rage rolls its way down my spine. “Did it have anything to do with the fact that he was worried it might embarrass him or the brand or the family or our legacy?”
His lack of responding merely fuels my resentment.
“You needed to see me, sir?” Park suddenly asks, appearing near our situation, redirecting our attention to him. “You expressed it was urgent.”
“I need you to run the name Will Cox.”
Ignoring Clark’s slight attire adjustment is impossible.
“Will Cox. Owned a sizeable ranch in Stovlen Springs, Texas a few miles south of Sunshine Bend about twenty-five years ago.”
More nervous fidgeting.
“He might’ve signed the property over to a woman named Marzia Simmons at some point.”
And more.
“Find out everything you possibly can about him, her, and their relationship.” A sharp finger is stabbed in his direction. “And I mean fucking everything. Down to how often they bought fucking toilet paper and condoms. Am I clear?”
“Yes, sir.” Park promptly nods. “I’ll get cyber digging and have Soni reach out to one of our P.I. contacts for actual footwork.”
“No one sleeps until I have the answers I want,” I unhappily seethe. “The clock is ticking.”
He nods a second time and hastily rushes away to get to work leaving me alone once more with the man I know has answers even if he wished he didn’t.
“Do those names mean anything to you, Clark?” Folding my arms firmly across my chest precedes me invading his space further. “Either of them?”
Thankfully, he doesn’t deny what we are both already aware of. “Yes.”
“What?” It’s a struggle to keep my tone and volume steady. “What do they mean to you?”
“I’m not at liberty to say.”
“What the hell do you mean you’re not at liberty to say?!”
“I am legally not at liberty to say, sir.”
“He’s dead!”
“I am aware.”
“Any legal documents or agreements at this point involved in the subject matter at hand are null and void!”
“They are not, Mr. Wilcox.”
“Do not call me that!”
“There is a contingency clause in the aforementioned documents that prevents me from speaking on the topic you are currently inquiring about regardless of their life status.”
“That’s. Asinine!”
“That is the legally binding agreement I signed.”
