Chapter Fourty Eight

Chapter 48.

‘We? Why would you bother yourself?’

When he couldn’t be bothered to visit while his brother was alive? The

unspoken question hung in the air.

‘I’m Nate’s executor,’ he reminded her leadenly, suddenly back to

square one. ‘I’m going to have to take a good look at the business. Sort out

the best way to go forward. I’ll need your input on that. If you’re going to

take an interest in running it.’

‘It’s all I have,’ she reminded him. ‘If I’m going to provide a home for

Toby, I don’t have any choice.’

‘Matty doesn’t pay rent for the flat?’

‘Just a nominal amount,’ she said. ‘To cover her share of the outgoings.’

Then, with just a touch of challenge in her voice, ‘I suppose sub-letting of

any kind is forbidden under the lease too?’

‘Don’t worry about it.’

‘I don’t think the landlord is going to be that relaxed about it, do you?’

Then, ‘We’ll need some time to find somewhere else. It’s not such a

problem for me, but it will be more difficult for Matty. I realise she’s not

your con