I Came Home From 11 Months Overseas and My Family Put Me in the Guest Room—Then Dad’s Cedar Box Revealed Who Really Owned the $17 Million Lake House

Arthur had protected me.

That didn’t mean I had to become Diane.

PART 7 — SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS

The lake house was worth roughly seventeen million dollars.

That number sounded impressive until Victor handed me the first maintenance estimate.

Roof work.

Boathouse repairs.

Plumbing.

Dock work.

Eleven thousand four hundred dollars for the immediate list.