Ten Days Before Christmas, I Overheard Her Plan—So I Quietly Changed Everything

be offered to you first at market value, not to adjacent landowners.”

“Meaning Natalie couldn’t buy it out from under me.”

“Correct. And it would include a clause that any attempt to contest the trust or pressure you into surrendering the property would trigger an automatic review by a court-appointed trustee. Eleanor was very specific about that.”

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