Книга только для ознакомления
. If I recall the gossip, they're hired hands, qualified with one nominal share each. You're the number-one interested party, so you start the action. Other relatives? First cousins, maybe?"
"No first cousins. I don't know what other heirs there may be. There's my grandparents Bradley."
"Didn't know they were alive. Will they fight you?"
Thorby started to say no, changed his mind. "I don't know."
"Cross it when we come to it. Other heirs . . . well, we won't know till we get a squint at the wills -- and that probably won't happen until a court forces them. Any objection to hypnotic evidence? Truth drugs? Lie detectors?"
"No. Why?"
"You're the best witness that they are dead, not just long time missing."
"But if a person is missing long enough?"
"Depends. Any term of years is just a guide to the court, not a rule of law. Time was when seven years would do it -- but that's no longer true. Things are roomier now."
"How do we start?"
"Got any money? Or have they got you hogtied on that? I come high. I usually charge for each exhale and inhale."
"Well, I've got a megabuck . . . and a few thousand more. About eight."
"Hmm . . . Haven't said I'd take this case. Has it occurred to you that your life may be in danger?"
"Huh! No, it hasn't"
"Son, people do odd things for money, but they'll do still more drastic things for power over money
|
