Old Mrs. Hunt’s rhetorical question silenced some of the families with sons.
“It’s an unwritten rule that the family fortune goes to the sons in this town, and the sons will handle the final days of the parents. I know that, but my parents didn’t have a son. They only had me and my sister. My parents‘ inheritance should be passed down to me and my sister.
“Grandmom, can you tell me when my parents adopted a son? Did the adoption go through while they were alive? Can we see the papers?
“We have never been notified of any change to our family tree,” raising her voice, Serenity questioned Old Mrs. Hunt.
The onlookers turned their heads to the source of the questioning.
With Serenity walking alongside Zachary in the protection of men in black, the crowd cleared a path toward the gate of Serenity’s family home.
Liberty left Sonny in Jim’s care, so the boy could have a little play nearby.
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