Chapter Twenty Five

Aurora stayed with her mother until the funeral that Saturday. Her father’s death was all over the news and it was impossible to stay low key when major television networks were wanting to cover almost everything from the marriage, to the merger, to the transfer of stocks, to the cause of death to the funeral. The funeral was attended by other notable business leaders from all over the world, even the President of the United States, and representatives from the British, Canadian, and Austrian government attended the funeral which made it all the more high-profile to Aurora’s dismay. But she knew it was inevitable and her mother knew how to handle such attendees. Jared made sure that everything was prepared and seamless, and she knew it will be efficient as it was. Now that the wedding, merger, and funeral are all over, it was time to get on with their present circumstance. She went back to Jared’s home a couple of days after the interment. She was no longer surprised that her mother