“Will you take your living allowance out of it?” he asked.

“I’ll take my usual monthly living disbursement of two thousand dollars,” I said.

“The rest of the principal will sit untouched in the corporate treasury.”

Brandon looked down into his black tea.

“And what about the kids’ college accounts?” he asked.

“The seventy-five thousand dollars in each account has been moved into locked education trusts,” I said.

“Margaret is the only named trustee.

Neither you nor Melissa can touch that money, and it can’t be put up as security for business loans.”