<span class="fixed-color" style="color:rgb(226, 80, 65)"><b>Gregory Widcombe</b></span><br/><br/>Greg gave his sister a grin.  He enjoyed her displeasure.<br/><br/>"This house ceased to be my home the day our father cut us out of the will.  Why waste my time clinging to something that no longer belongs to us.  I'm only here because I want to see who ends up with this enormous mausoleum."  Greg could have added that he was also there to watch Grace blow a gasket, but he didn't.<br/><br/>"I'll miss the happy times here, but neither of us needs the headache of maintaining this mansion.  Certainly not me.  Father thought I was a fool to start a bookstore in the age of e-books, but as long as there are old people like him who prefer leather bound books to tablets, I'll be able to stay in business.  And while the old people come for the books, the young people come for the coffeeshop part of my business.  That and the free WIFI.   And the top floor of the building is my apartment, with a nice view of a vibrant neighborhood. There, I'm within walking distance of anywhere I want to go.  Here, I have to drive for half an hour to get anywhere I want to go.  There, I'm surrounded by friends.  Here, I'm surrounded by servants."<br/><br/>"Maybe that's what went wrong with dad.  He was surrounded by too many servants and sycophants and not enough friends.  When you're surrounded by people who flatter you while placing their self-interest above yours, it warps you.  Perhaps we're finally going to get a chance to meet his friends.  If so, what's that say about the two of us?  I'd like to believe I wasn't a needy son, but one that could be self-sufficient.  I had to be self-sufficient, because I wasn't going to get the coddling you got."<br/><br/>Greg glanced out the window at the finely manicured grounds.  "I won't miss this mansion as much as I'll miss all this land.  It was fun as a kid to explore the woods, fish in the creek, and make my own adventures.  And when mother died and father changed, I had plenty of places to hide from him."<br/><br/>"Shouldn't you be seeing to your guests, Grace?"