At the same time Aaron said, “Of course he is,” Stone could have sworn he saw Ryan give the slightest shake of his head.
Stone focused back on the elder sibling. “I guess if there’s no changing your mind, then there’s nothing else we need to discuss.”
Aaron huffed, then shot a glare at his brother. “Let’s go.” To Stone, he said, “See you in court.”
“Still think you’re watching too much TV,” Stone said as Aaron marched out.
Ryan nodded to Stone and whispered, “I’m sorry.”
From the front of the office, Aaron bellowed, “Ryan!”
Ryan hurried after his brother.
As soon as Stone heard the front door shut, Joan said, “Someone has anger issues.”
“Noticed that, did you?”
“Hard to miss.”
“Feel free to call the police if Aaron shows up again.”
Joan’s eyes lit up. “Ooh. I hope he does!” She jutted her chin at the folded papers on the floor. “Are we just going to leave those there?”
Stone picked up the stack, quickly scanned through it, then chuckled.
“What?” Joan asked.
“Ryan is identified as the attorney of record, but Aaron is the only one listed as plaintiff.”
“That wasn’t the impression Aaron gave.”
“No, it was not.” He handed the document to her. “Have Ash go through it and work up a response. I’ll go over it when I get back.”
Ash walked in from the hallway to the back. “Have me go through what?”
Joan held out the lawsuit.
“A present from the Sidney brothers,” Stone said.
“Don’t tell me they’re challenging the will,” Ash said as he took the papers.
“One of them is.”
“One?”
“Joan, you fill him in. I need to leave.”
Stone entered his office to drop off his briefcase and made sure there was nothing else pressing he needed to deal with.
When he stepped back out, Ash was sitting in one of the chairs the brothers had been using, reading the document.
He looked up at Stone. “He’s not going to win this.”
“I tried to tell him that,” Stone said, then turned to Joan. “Don’t forget about Bob.”
She tsked. “Like I would ever do that.”
She held out his garment bag.
