“Harrow?” Richard repeated.
Daniel nodded. “My mother’s family name.”
Maren’s words came back at once.
Benton, Vale & Harrow.
One partner died, one retired, one was disbarred.
The room seemed to narrow.
“Your mother’s family,” Richard said carefully. “Any relation to the law firm Benton, Vale & Harrow?”
Daniel looked startled. “My grandfather was Edward Harrow.”
Maren had mentioned Harrow.
Richard slowly sat down.
Evelyn whispered, “Oh, Richard.”
Daniel looked between them. “What?”
Richard’s face had gone very still. “Edward Harrow drafted Claire’s grandparents’ trust.”
Daniel stared at him.
“My grandfather?”
“It appears so.”
The coincidence felt too precise to be coincidence.
Daniel stood and walked to the window, then turned back.
“My grandfather was disbarred,” he said quietly. “My parents never discuss it. They say it was complicated, that he trusted the wrong people.”
Richard’s eyes sharpened. “What wrong people?”
“I don’t know.”
