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CHAPTER 513

Author: Shile
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And what Dash Paulson found sort of shocked us.”

“What’s that?”

“We were under the impression that if just one of us wanted to sell our portion of the ranch, the other three owners would be forced to sell theirs too. Which is how Casper tried to control us, or at least got away with a lot more shit than we would’ve let him, had we known the real legalities of the matter.”

Carson pointed with his beer bottle. “It entails lots of legal gibberish that took us slow readin’ ranchers some time to understand, but the bottom line is we were wrong. Casper never had the power to force us to sell.”

Brandt held up his hand. “Wait a second. My dad threatened to sell his portion of the ranch?”

“Several times over the years. To be honest, he even went as far as to have it appraised about six months after Luke died.”

That son of a bitch. “Why?”

“So he could point out what idiots we were for keepin’ it, when we could have more money in our pockets than we could ever spend.”

“How much money we talkin’?
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Ugh and just like that their story is over. I really hate how you end these stories. It makes no sense and just infuriates me.
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