David took a silver pen from his suit pocket and tapped it on his yellow legal pad.

“We need to formally finalize the family trust documents today to make sure the Mitchells can’t claim any financial damages from the broken engagement,” David said.

“They have no legal grounds to demand money,” I said.

“Under the revised trust statutes, we’re securing every Carter family asset strictly under your sole authority,” David said.

“I ran one last background check on Patricia and George this morning, just to be thorough.”

He pushed his glasses up by the bridge again.