INVESTED (Dunning Trilogy Book 1) by Iris Bolling

Author:Iris Bolling [Iris Bolling]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Siri Austin Entertainment LLC
Published: 2017-06-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Walker Dunning Jr., with his tall, striking good looks, irresistible charm and the loyalty of a stray cat waited to be sure Myles had pulled out of the private road leading to the mansion. It was a good thing he was coming from the opposite direction or he would have had to hold a conversation with the man who had taken his place at the bank. "Don't get too comfortable, Myles. It won't be long now before I take over." He snickered then pulled into the driveway.

He stepped out of the vehicle, looked at the grand mansion that his brother built for his family and wondered if he wanted to take that too. The goal was to claim everything Hep held near and dear. Walker Jr. adjusted his jacket as he strutted towards the door. Before he could ring the doorbell it swung open revealing Winnie on the other side smiling.

"Hello, Jr.," her salutary voice rang out.

Ahh, the wife. I might take her too, he thought, as he pulled her into an embrace.

"Hello, Winnie." He held her at arms’ length. "You look tired. How have you been holding up?"

Winnie stepped back. "Day by day, Jr. Day by day. Come on inside." She motioned with a tilt of her head.

"Hi, Uncle Walker." AnnieMarie walked into his embrace.

"AnnieMarie." He hugged her. "You look more and more like your mother every day. Hep was certainly a lucky man, surrounded with all this beauty."

Winnie smiled. "It was us who were lucky."

"That's true," Walker replied. She smiled at his remark, but he could tell she didn't like it. Good, he thought.

"Let's sit in the family room and talk."

The three turned and walked straight back to the open double French doors of the family room.

"Would you like a cup of tea?" Winnie asked.

Walker tilted his head to the side for a long minute as if in thought. "You know, I think I'll try a cup of coffee. Hep was always raving about Daisy's coffee."

"A cup of coffee it is."

"I'll get it, Mother." AnnieMarie nodded as she stepped out of the room.

"There were many lively conversations held in this room, I must say." Walker sat back and looked around. "Watching games with the boys. Laughing after scaring the girls’ boyfriends half to death." He nodded. "Yes, this was a true family room in every sense of the word."

"It still is. I thought it would be the appropriate place for us to have this conversation. It may remind us that we are family. We are family, aren't we, Jr.?"

"Of course we are." Walker sat up. "Why would you question such a thing?"

"Here you are, Uncle Walker." AnnieMarie walked back in setting the coffee tray in front of him. "It could be Mother is questioning why the inquiries into Daddy's will," she said as she sat and crossed her legs. "After all, she did just lose her husband. I would think it would be a time for the family to rally around to console her." She glanced at her mother.

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