I slipped the official invoice under the silver frame inside the decorative box and neatly retied the silk ribbon around it.

Brittany would find it when she opened our gift later tonight, but that initial surprise was only the very first part of my master plan.

The rest of my plan depended entirely on one crucial factor: how Brittany would react when she realized I was not going to let her get away with being cruel to our grandmother.

PART 2

The ceremony was held inside a restored wooden barn strung with thousands of warm glowing lights in the countryside outside Charlottesville.