The Wrong Daughter

by Dandy Smith

Then, she would be eighteen, too young to claim their birthright, but Heath would be twenty-one, and ownership of his half of Ledbury Hall and their mother’s wealth, would legally transfer to him. Until then, it’s all entrusted to Uncle Robert. This angers them. Ledbury Hall and the land has been in their mother’s family for over a century. As the Ledburys were old money, Elinor’s father Nicholas Brent was eager to take his wife’s name. Uncle Robert isn’t a Ledbury, he’s a Brent. Their father’s brother. The manor should be all theirs. Just theirs. They are counting down the days.

I didn’t want a man to lose his job, his income, because of an honest mistake. I’m sorry I kept it from you.