Though none of them felt deeply connected to their father, and they had all resented him for how cruel he was when he was alive, they started to remember the good things about him after his death. At the very least, Dean was kind and generous with them when they were younger."Sebastian, I heard that Dad had mental issues. I think that's the main reason why he didn't leave any of us anything. We only started working with Natalie because we had no other way. If it wasn't for her, you wouldn't even call us out to talk," Violet said.Her intention was clear: she wanted to show Sebastian all the leverage they had so as to let him know that he would lose if he did not offer them a better deal."I don't know if Dad was mentally ill. He wouldn't have told me even if he was," Sebastian said calmly. "I brought the lawyers here today to run a logical analysis on how much you would get if you won. If you don't trust my lawyers, you can call the ones that you trust here right now."I've called

"It's exactly what you think it is: Sebastian has decided to share his inheritance with us. It's not much, but at least we get something, so there's no need for a lawsuit anymore," Violet said. "You don't have to contact us from now on. It's over."Natalie could not find her words, and, after waiting a few seconds, Violet hung up.The others immediately stared at Violet as soon as she ended the call."Is Natalie furious? Did she curse at you or something?" Christine asked.Violet shook her head. "She didn't say a thing, so I hung up. She's probably not that unreasonable. It's not like we are the ones who didn't give her a share of the inheritance... She has no reason to resent us.""True. Now that we have our shares, I am satisfied.""Me, too," Stacy said. "Dad wouldn't have given me this much, even if he was in the right mind.""If everyone is okay with their share, we will put this behind us after this meal. We can all still gather during special occasions from now on," Violet

"Why don't we see what the kids think?" Avery said. "What we want isn't the most important thing. You can make all the calls if we were traveling alone."Elliot could not argue with her point."Let's wait for Hayden to come back and see what he thinks, then." Elliot compromised. "Has he bought his ticket? When will he arrive? I will go pick him up."Spotting the excitement on Elliot's face, Avery chuckled. "He hasn't given me his flight details yet! He will let me know once he has booked the tickets."Meanwhile, in Bridgedale, Hayden was on a video call with Tammy.Tammy had called him normally first, but, after learning that he was free, she had hung up and called back on a video call instead."Hayden, your dad can't stop thinking about going outside these days. That won't do. He can go anywhere anytime he wants—just not on Christmas. They don't know that they are getting a wedding on Christmas day, so they aren't prepared for it! All preparations have been completed by us, and

"Natalie, have you gotten your hands on the Jennings's money?" Holly asked.Natalie took a deep breath and sneered, "No. They kicked me out of their game. It's embarrassing, really. It took me a whole day, and I still haven't managed to wrap my head around this."Holly was shocked, as she had never imagined Natalie to fail. From her perspective, Natalie was too smart and vicious for that."I know that you won't work with me anymore because I don't have money for you. Making ends meet for me is going to be a problem from now on... I thought that killing Dean Jennings would mean that I would get to live my life in peace, but life is still as hellish as it ever was." Natalie sighed pathetically."Are you trying to play the victim here?" Holly mocked. "Do you really think you're suffering worse than I am? You have no idea what kind of life I'm living right now.""Didn't I pay you a large sum of money? It should have been sufficient for you to live in any country you want," Natalie sai

Avery shot Tammy a look and glanced at Mike, before looking back at her and asked, "Tammy, why won't you let Mike speak? He wasn't saying anything!"Tammy scratched her head sheepishly. "I..." She desperately wanted to look for an excuse, but couldn't think of one.Mike immediately came to her rescue. "Tammy probably didn't want to risk having me say anything bad. Tomorrow is Christmas and it will be a brand new year soon, so we are supposed to celebrate.""Yeah! That's what I meant." Tammy flushed. "Mike can never keep his mouth shut. You say that all the time too, right?"Embarrassed, Avery said, "even if I say that to you in private, you don't have to repeat that out loud in front of him. He's sensitive...""He's sensitive? I can't tell." Tammy turned to look at Mike with surprise written all over her face. "Mike, are you sensitive? Men shouldn't be too sensitive, you know?""How am I sensitive? I have the mind of steel, okay?" Mike argued and everyone burst out laughing.The