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The old Victorian on Chestnut Street looked smaller than she remembered. The paint was peeling on the eaves—something Arthur would have noticed in an instant and berated someone for. Now, it just peeled. She found Marianne in the parlor, standing before the empty liquor cabinet as if it were an altar. Their younger brother, Leo, was already there, slumped in their father’s leather wingback chair, scrolling through his phone with performative indifference.

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The lawyer cleared his throat. The will was read. The lake house went to Julia. The rest was divided equally, including a small collection of vintage watches that Eleanor had always assumed would be hers. Marianne got the car. Leo got the library. And Eleanor got a single item, bequeathed in a separate, handwritten codicil dated two weeks before Arthur’s death: The old Victorian on Chestnut Street looked smaller