Eudora dragged Amos from the dinner table and forced him to kneel beside the porch.
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Chapter 24 - EUDORA’S LAST YEARS
Eudora lived to eighty-two.
No dramatic poverty.
No final conspiracy.
She worked outside family governance for years.
Private consulting.
Smaller firm.
No descendant accounts.
She never regained control.
Her relationship with Silas remained complicated.
With Benedict, limited.
With Amos:
letters.
One meeting.
That was all.
She died after heart failure.
Estate paid remaining restitution.
Then lawful assets distributed.
Amos received:
Margaret’s old fountain pen.
A small sculpture.
And a note.
You were never beneath the table. I needed you beneath me because I was afraid of losing power.
Amos kept the pen.
Sold the sculpture.
May you like
Shredded the note later.
Objects get different futures.
