8the nxt day, Paul n Pendragon got ready for the meeting at the law firm8
Pendragon; 8straightened his collar8
Paul: 8gets the girls dressed8
8they giggled8
Paul: 8hears the door knock n sees tht it was Bertha, letting her in8 Come in, Bertha. Can u help me finish dressing the girls while I get dressed?
Bertha; Aye lad 8helped him with their twins8
Paul: 8got dressed in slightly formal clothes8
Pendragon; 8came up to him8
Paul: How do I look?
Pendragon; Perfect as always
Paul: Oh u flatter me. R the girls ready, Bertha?
Bertha; 8had the dressed twins in her arms8
Paul: Alright. Lets go then
8the couple headed off8
8they soon arrived at Acne Grooves lawfirm, which was dwn at the Large Intestine District8
Pendragon; 8lead his mate inside8
Paul: 8sees tht there is a lounge room where the kids hang8 Go bring the girls there, Bertha, we won't be long
Bertha; 8nods n brought the girls over8
Paul: 8approached the clerk with Pendragon*
Clerk: Can I help u?
Pendragon; We have a meeting with Mr Grooves
Clerk: Name pls?
Pendragon; Mordred Pendragon
Clerk: 8chked the diary8 Ah yes, Mr Grooves is expecting u 8intercommed him8 Mr Grooves, Pendragon is here
Grooves: Send them in
Clerk: 8nodded n hung up8 Pls enter to the second door on ur right dwn the hall
Pendragon; Thank you 8led his mate away8
Paul: 8followed him to the said office n knocked the door8
Grooves: Come in
8they both entered8
Grooves: Hello, u must be Mordred Pendragon 8sees Paul8 And this is...?
Pendragon; My fiancée
Grooves: Ah congrats. Hv a seat pls
Paul: 8sat dwn with Pendragon8
Pendragon; 8straightened himself8
Grooves: So I gather u understand why ur here 8shows the paperwork tht was the will of his parents8
Pendragon; Yes
Paul: How did it happen? How did they die? We were quite estranged frm them, u see
Grooves: It was the smog. It hit them wen they least expected it. Apparently they did not knw tht they hv left their windows dwnstairs open wen they were asleep. The smog filled their home n they died in their sleep
Pendragon; 8massaged his forehead in frustration8
Paul: Oh dear... 8cover his mouth in shock8
Grooves: By the way, Mr. Pendragon, did u knw tht u hv a sister?
Pendragon; What?
Paul: Wait, wat? I thought Mordred is the only child
Grooves: Apparently not. Wen we finalized ur parents' paperwork n will, we found a copy of a birth certificate amongst ur father's files n apparently he had a daughter frm first marriage 8showed the certificate to him8
Pendragon; 8looked at it8
8the birth certificate showed his father's name n another woman's name Betsy Rosalinda as the mother, n the child's name Penelope Pendragon8
Grooves: As u can see, in ur parents will, its clearly stated that ALL his children are entitled to the estate, n while we knw ur sister's whereabouts, we r having a hard time to convince her to come ovr to claim her share
Pendragon; Can't say I blame her
Grooves: Do u think u can persuade her to at least hv a look n consider?
Pendragon; I can try
Grooves: 8nodded8 Here's her address. She still lives with her mother, Ms Rosalinda, so hope u can talk some sense to her
Paul: 8takes the card*
Pendragon; anything else we should know
Grooves: Not sure. U will hv to find out. We've only had tele-conversations.
Paul: I think we can try our luck
Pendragon; 8nods8
Grooves: Good. Remember, only with her present then we can actually finalize the paperwork, so try to convince her to at least drop by
Pendragon; Of course
Grooves: Then I'll put the paperwork on hold till she arrives with u then. Give me a call n we can set up an appointment
Pendragon; 8nodded n departed8
Paul: 8followed behind him8 So wat r we gonna do now?
Pendragon; Try to plan this out before going to see her
Paul: How r we gonna plan tht? Wouldnt it be better to just go see her? Maybe not now, bt still
Pendragon; I doubt she or her mother want to see me
Paul: Maybe, bt then again maybe not. They might be civilized enough to listen to u talk. Did u knw ur father had a previous marriage?
Pendragon; 8shook his head8
Paul: Huh, tht means aftr ur father's first marriage, there had been no visitations at all. He didnt evn mention tht u might hv a sister? Not evn ur mother?
Pendragon; If she knew she didn't care
Paul: Well, maybe we will try n go see her later this evening? Try our luck? Would u like me to accompany u?
Pendragon; Please
Paul: 8smiled n nuzzled him8 Come, lets go see how our little girls r doing
Pendragon; 8led him out8
Paul: 8went to the lounge to find Bertha n the girls8
Bertha; 8looked up8 That was fast
Paul: Yeah, turns out there is another nxt of kin who has to show up with us so tht the paperwork can be officially finalized
Bertha; 8arched her brow8
Paul: Long story short, Pendragon's sister frm his dad's first marriage is ard apparently, so yeah, we might need u to work late coz we might wanna visit her
Bertha; That is no trouble lad
Paul: 8nodded8 Time to go home now 8carried one of the girls8
Pendragon; 8too the other8
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