Chapter 37 - The Decision About The Estate
The old family property remained expensive to maintain.
Clara rarely visited.
The house represented her childhood.
Her father.
The years before Ethan.
But it also represented a fortune tied up in one enormous building.
The board recommended selling it.
Clara couldn't decide.
Marcus found her there one evening.
“You've been standing in this room for twenty minutes.”
“I know.”
“Why?”
She looked around.
“Because selling this feels like losing my father.”
Marcus shook his head.
“No.”
Clara looked at him.
“Selling the house doesn't sell the memories.”
She knew he was right.
But knowing didn't make it easy.
The next morning, she made the decision.
She would sell the estate.
But the buyer would have to preserve the garden and family archives.
The proceeds would be placed into Sterling's protected legacy structure.
Her father's memory would remain.
The house didn't have to.
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For the first time, Clara chose to let go of something she loved without feeling like she was betraying the person who gave it to her.
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