Mr. Stark's Daughter

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Grace's POV

I finished dressing and I looked at myself in the mirror. I had my normally wavy hair, as straight as could be. My black dress clung to my body with my red, one inch heels.

"Are you ready"? I heard Pepper asked and I shook my head.

"No. This is different than the funeral. We just said goodbye to him yesterday and now we are picking apart his life. Giving separate things to everyone. I just," I paused. "What if he left something to Steve or Nat? What do we do?" I have no idea how the reading of the will is happening so fast after his death, but I am sure he arranged it this way so that Pepper, Morgan and I would be taken care of.

I looked back at my Step mom as she answered my question.

"I honestly don't know. I guess we will see what he left. I know some of it but not everything." I nodded and she reached her hand out to me. I took it and followed her.

As we walked outside of my room I saw May and Peter. They will be watching Morgan while we are at the reading of Dad's will.

"Hey" Peter came over to me and gave me a hugged.

"Hi" I whispered and I kissed his cheek, wiping away the lip gloss that smeared onto him.

"You doing okay?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"I don't know yet. Ask me after" He nodded.

"I love you and if you need me, text me" I nodded. I kissed his cheek once more.

"Come on kid" Happy put his arm on my shoulder before we walked out of the cabin.

At the reading of the will it was me, Pepper, Happy, and Rhodey. As his next of kin, I had to be there. Pepper being his wife was also required. Happy and Rhodey were dad's best friends and Pepper and I both needed them there.

Happy drove us to the lawyer's office and we walked in.

"If at any point you are feeling overwhelmed, you can step out. The lawyer will understand." Pepper squeezed my hand.

"I love you Pep"

"I love you too"

We walked into the room where dad's lawyer was waiting for us.

"Ms. Stark, Mrs. Potts-Stark, how are you both?" Why do people keep asking us that. My father and her husband are dead. How do you think we are?

"We are doing as well as expected" Pepper answered and he nodded.

"Mr. Hogan, Mr. Rhodes, I'm glad you could join us." He paused. "Are you ready to start?" We nodded. "Mr. Stark said asked that we start small."

"What is Tony's version of small?" Rhodes asked and we all smiled.

"It starts with jewelry from his mother. He has left it all to Pepper, Grace and Morgan." Grandma Stark had some beautiful jewelry. "Next, his car collection is to be split between Grace and Happy" I shot happy a smile.

"I call the white Audi R8" Happy nodded. It was the first car I ever drove with dad. Now i'll have a white and a black Audi. Sometimes, i really hate how spoiled i am.

After about twenty minutes, it was time to go over the larger of dad's stuff.

"Stark Industries is to be left to Grace Maria Stark." I choked on the water I had been drinking.

"What?" I looked at Pepper, "He left me Stark Industries?"

"He decided to leave you Stark industries on your ninth birthday. It should be in there" The lawyer nodded and showed me the paperwork. The members of the board signed it and everything.