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My knees trembled. “What!”
“The amount, Ms. Castlemaine. It’s just a little over fifty million, three hundred thousand.”
“Jesus.” I reached out and braced myself on the desk. “Are you sure?”
Tobias glanced my way, scowled, then scanned the cafe.
“Yes, ma’am. Did you need me to repeat that number again?”
Yes.“No,” I murmured. “And I can take out that amount whenever I want?”
“Well, there are procedures we’d need to put into place. We only keep a certain amount of funds at the bank at any given time.”
But my mind was already drifting, not even processing what she was saying. “That’s fine. I appreciate your help.” She was still talking when I lowered the phone and ended the call.
Tobias, watching me from across the room, came closer. “Everything okay?”
For a second, I couldn’t speak, then I slowly nodded and lifted my gaze to his. “Holy shit, T.”
His brow creased deeply, but there was a twitch in the corners of his lips. “I take it that’s a goodholy shit?”
My hands were shaking when I handed his phone back to him. “Let’s just say that if Nick has the rest of our lives covered, then I’ve got the next two, as well.”
His brows shot up with a look of surprise. “Jesus.”
I gave a laugh, glanced around the empty store, and picked up the coffee he’d bought me, then I took a sip, not that I needed the extra rush. “I guess we need to get back.”
“I guess we should.” He looked at me strangely, then laughed, grabbed my hand, and hauled me toward the door.
By the time we’d made it across the street, the idiot beside me was beaming. “I think I’m going to start my Christmas list early this year.”
I shot him a glare. “Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah, little mouse.” He turned that grin to me and my heart fluttered with the look, right before he lowered his gaze to my breasts. “You owe me.”
I bit the insides of my cheeks to stop from laughing and turned back to the others as Nick and Caleb strode away from a salesman, Nick with a set of keys to a brand new truck in his hand.
“Our sister has something she wants to tell you.” T broke the news first.
I gave him a playful punch to the ribs, one that made him wince. He was covered with bruises. We all were battered and beaten, but still alive…and now, now we had the means and the determination to survive.
“Oh, yeah?” Nick scanned the street behind me then brushed his thumb along my cheek, staring down into my eyes. “You have something to tell us, princess?”
My heart thrummed at his stare. I wasn’t just falling in love with my brothers anymore. I was plunging headlong into an abyss that had no bottom.
“Ryth?” Caleb murmured, stepping closer. Concern flared in his voice. “What is it?”
I swallowed and licked my lips. “Dad has left me a substantial amount of money.”
“He has?” Nick glanced across the street to the cafe. “That’s what you were doing?”
I nodded.
“When you say substantial, how much are we talking here?”
“Fifty million dollars,” I whispered.
They said nothing.
