Reading of the Will (2)

“The Villa, where I lived, situated at number 5, South Street would be given to Meera and her brother, David.” He paused to look at Meera, she looked quite surprised probably because she didn’t expect to get a thing.

Tears of gratitude and longing clouded her vision. She was content with the Villa. This place housed the happy memories she shared with the old man.

Everyone else in the room scoffed. They would be upset if they were given this old and ‘unappealing’ villa instead of the ones that were truly worth something.

“The money from all my accounts combined should be divided into two equal parts between Benita and Benjamin. The estates in and outside the country couldn't be divided equally between my granddaughter and grandson…”

The lawyer further shared the land and everything else of property that the old man had equally among Benita and Benjamin.

Benita and her mother were quite shocked that Benita received the same number of houses and land that Ben received. What’s more, h