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CHAPTER 120: THE ARRIVAL

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Hannah Vane was on a journey from the coast. This journey was really hard for her. Every mile of the road felt like it was taking away the Vane family legacy. This all started when her mother died. Now it was coming to an end as the carriage approached the valley.

The carriage wheels were making a lot of noise. This noise kept Hannah Vane in the moment. If she did not focus on the noise her mind would start thinking about memories. The silence inside the carriage was very quiet. To Hannah Vane
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  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 120: THE ARRIVAL

    Hannah Vane was on a journey from the coast. This journey was really hard for her. Every mile of the road felt like it was taking away the Vane family legacy. This all started when her mother died. Now it was coming to an end as the carriage approached the valley.The carriage wheels were making a lot of noise. This noise kept Hannah Vane in the moment. If she did not focus on the noise her mind would start thinking about memories. The silence inside the carriage was very quiet. To Hannah Vane it was the thing she had ever heard.For a time the Vane carriage was a place where people whispered. Her mother always gave orders. Now her mother was gone. The silence was very noticeable. It felt like a space. Hannah Vane pressed her forehead against the glass window. The cold glass felt good on her skin.The view outside the carriage was changing. The rocky cliffs were giving way to hills and fields. To people this was just a change in scenery. To Hannah Vane it was a deal. She was leaving a

  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 119: THE LAST ENTRY IN MY MOTHER'S JOURNAL

    It was late at night. The house had finally quietened down. I then took out the journal belonging to my mother. There was one empty page left at the end.I wrote, *"The work is never finished,". Then I added, *"The struggle is different now. We are not defined by what we took from the Vanes. Instead we are defined by what we gave to the Rossis."*Elena is now sleeping in a room that smells of lavender and woodsmoke.Stephen is dreaming of what years planting will bring.The Tower is no more.The Vineyard is still here.We swapped the hunger of a huge empire, for the beautiful limited joy of a harvest.I shut the book.The "big work" was over.I put the pen down on my journal, the ink still wet as it made a trail across the page. My pen felt heavy, as if it were carrying the weight of the past. I sat there for a while, my hand resting on the leather cover, feeling the quiet of the house around me. This quiet was not like the silence we had when the Vane family was in charge; this was t

  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 118: THE SLIENT GUARDIAN RETIRES

    Even the strongest guardians eventually find peace. Marco Rossi in his eighties had finally handed over the head winemakers keys to his daughter, Sofia. He didn't stop working though. He just moved his work to the Ancient Plot, where the original year vines still grew.I found him one evening sitting on a stone wall. His hands were gnarled like the roots of the vines resting on his knees."You did it Hannah " he said. His voice was a rasp. "You brought the water back to the well. Not just the physical water,. The spirit of it. For a time I thought the Rossi name would die with me. It would be buried under a pile of Vane gold. You turned the gold back into lead. Then you turned the lead back into earth.""It was never just me, Marco " I said, sitting beside him."No " he agreed. He looked out at the valley as the first stars began to appear in the twilight. "It was the mountain it was the rain it was the woman in France who kept the secret. You were the one who had the courage to be th

  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 116: SEASON OF THE SLIVER VINES

    Five years had gone by since the HMRC auditors left the valley. It had been five years since the Restitution Grapes were first planted in the soil. To tell this story the way it needs to be told we have to talk about how the land changed. The land was not a vineyard anymore it was like a living church.The North Slope, where Elias had his fire was now a garden with old grape varieties and wild flowers. The special status I fought for in Rome to help the environment made the Rossi Trust a kind of Green Bank. We did not just sell wine we helped communities around the world by giving them Life Credits to save their forests.I was standing on the terrace watching Elena, who was now a happy four-year-old with the strong Rossi chin playing with Marcos grandson. They were running through the rows of grapes. They were not playing a game about companies they were playing a game they made up called Seed Guardian. In this game they had to protect the grape plants from imaginary giants that could

  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 115:

    The First Harvest of the New BloodThe spring of 2027 had finally come and It was really warm. It felt so nice and cool. The Restitution Grapes were planted in an area near the well. Their green shoots were coming out towards the sun.Then it was time to harvest. This was also the time when the big work of my life was happening. I was in the room where I used to hide from my father.. Now I was having a baby. I had a daughter. We named her Elena. We chose this name because of the woman who helped us before.I was holding my baby Elena. Looking out the window. I saw the people from the village working in the fields. The story of the Heiress was finished. Now it was time for the story of the Mother to start.The Vane name was finally gone. It was buried under the vines. Now it could help the vines grow. The Vane name was only good, for helping things grow. Now the future belongs to everyone, not the Vane name.I had just given birth to my daughter Elena. The labor was long and hard. When

  • DON'T MESS WITH THE HEIRESS    CHAPTER 114: SHIELD OF THE GREEN BELT

    When Thorne came back two days I thought he would give up. I handed him a folder with the European Environmental Agencys seal on it."You cannot touch the Rossi Trust Mr. Thorne" I said, standing up straight. "Not because of the money. Because of the air we breathe. You see this valley is part of a Green Corridor that my mom and the village of Saint-Rémy set up. There is a treaty from 2025 that says if you try to take these assets the Environmental Court will stop you. You are not just fighting me you are fighting the climate laws of twenty-seven countries and the Green Belt.Thorne looked at the papers. For a moment he showed an emotion. He realized that I had not just given away the money I had made sure nobody could touch the Green Corridor and the Green Belt. I had turned the Vane "Gold" into something that helps people breathe something that gives us oxygen and keeps the air clean."Your father would have hated the Green Belt and this" Thorne said quietly closing his briefcase."

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