she asked instead.
“I’m afraid that you have to come and claim it yourself. I
can’t do anything with it. There’s a clause against it. You
would have to come get it yourself and then you can do with it
whatever you like.”
Dallas felt like her legs were about to buckle and she
leaned even harder against the wall. “Jeez. Did you help him
put in all those crazy clauses? Since you helped him make the
will? Or is it some random law that says if I’m out of state, I
have to come there and get it myself?”
“I’m afraid that I can’t say much, considering the client
privacy privilege, but I will tell you that Mr. Smyth was very
adamant that you come back to Topeka. It’s a clause and not a
law. I can give you our address if you know when you’d like
to come. The money is safe, as I know you probably can’t get
away immediately. You don’t have to worry about it going
anywhere.”
“Even if I never come?”
“Even if you never come.”
“That’s ridiculous.” The lawyer on the other end clearly
had no idea what to say to that and the line went silent.
“Sorry,” Dallas said and heaved out a hard breath. “Yes, will
you call me back and leave a message with your information
so that I have a record of it? I don’t have anything with me to
write anything down at the moment.”
“I can certainly do that.”
“Thank you. For calling. Um- yes. Thanks. I’ll see when I
can make it there.”
“Take care.” The lawyer ended the call without waiting for
any further exchange of forced pleasantries or any other details