the vase she had been arranging.

“Daniel wanted you to have it.”

That evening, I called Charles Benton.

“I heard you requested Daniel Keane’s old employee file.”

“Interesting coincidence,” he finally said.

“I’m beginning to dislike that word.”

“I imagine you have questions.”

“Did my grandmother fund the Family Reconciliation Trust?”

“Where did you hear that name?”

“Adrian, this is an old and complicated estate issue.”

“It involved decisions made by your father.”

“The trust received four million dollars.”

My grip tightened around the phone.

“You told Evelyn it had