Chapter 59: Help

We are not going back to school. Since the last thing we need right now is to waste time. I show Aninka the way out that Esteban once showed me and we leave the school.

We don't make it home. Since my mother keeps an eye on us with the communicative neighbors we have. So we can only go to a cafe, away from the school. Since we can't be seen outside the school by any of the directors or teachers.

"Aninka Have they read your father's will yet?"

She denies crestfallen. Which confuses me.

"If they haven't read the will yet, why have they already announced that Esteban is the one who inherited your father's shares?"

"It's expected. Parents always leave the eldest of their children as heir."

"What if they are wrong?"

"It's impossible for him to be. My father trained my brother to replace him. Not me."

Deep sigh.

"¿Y? He could have changed his mind and given you everything or split it equally between his sons. The latter would be the fairer thing to do."

"I don't know how things are in your