The Final Provision

Lenora stared at the message, exhaustion warring with a fresh spike of adrenaline. The day had already stretched beyond anything reasonable, and now this—another thread pulling at the fabric of everything she thought she understood.

"What is it," Leona asked, noticing the shift in her sister's expression.

"Mother's lawyer," Lenora said. "He says there's a provision in her will that just activated.