Let Her Wail
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I shot Mia a look of contempt. She had the nerve to claim she understood the Duke's life?
She had no idea that this housekeeper, Margaret Hale, was the person the Duke respected most while he was alive.
She had been the first in line to inherit according to his will, but out of gratitude for how well the Duke had treated her, and feeling she was getting on in years, she had turned down the entire inheritance and left it for those who needed it more.
Now Mia dared to humiliate her in public?
Once Margaret left, Mia saw that no one else would get in her way. She waved Robert and Paige aside.
Then she dropped to her knees with a thud, threw her arms around the Duke's coffin, and wailed as if