The Clause No One Expected
Just then, a lawyer—Atty. Valdez—arrived in a white Mercedes.
“I’ve come at the right time,” he announced.
“Today, we read the special clause in Don Teodoro Reyes’s will.”
“There’s more?” Ben asked nervously.
“Yes,” the lawyer replied.
“Don Carding was only the trustee for ten years.”
“If arrogance and contempt were displayed today,” he continued,
“the remaining inheritance would be donated to charity.”
“The true test,” he concluded,
“was to see who would choose family over wealth—who would walk beside their brother in the mud.”
