I wake up to my phone ringing and i reach over grabbing my phone

Tegan ; aria
Aria ; hey sorry to disturb u but theres a lawyer at the aquarium to see u
Tegan ; me
Aria ; yh he wants to see u if there any chance u can come down
Tegan ; yh yh I'll be down in a bit
Aria ; ok see u in a bit
Tegan : yh bye

I hang up and i get out of bed getting dressed and i go to the bathroom brushing my hair and teeth and i walk out going down stairs

Dad ; where u going
Tegan; a lawyer wants to see me at the aquarium
Dad ; a lawyer
Tegan ; I'm just as confused do u want to come with me
Dad : yh i want to know why a lawyer wants to see u
Tegan; come on
Dad : what have u done
Tegan ; i don't know and I'm scared but i want to know what I've done so move
Dad ; yes ok

He gets up and we walk out the door getting in my car and i drive to the aquarium

Tegan; hi
Aria ; in the office
Dad : do u know why he wants to talk to her
Aria : don't have a clue but hes been here an hour so I'd go
Tegan ; yh

We walk to the office

Man : hi I'm dean i was kash sterling's lawyer
Tegan: tegan Jones and my dad david jones
Dad : what is this about
Dean ; I'm was in charge of mr sterling's will
Tegan ; ok
Dean ; hes left a few things to u miss jones
Tegan; me
Dean : yes i need to go throw what he left u
Tegan; ok
Dean ; so your awear he doesn't have any family
Tegan ; yh he never married or had kids
Dean ; yh so bascally mr sterling left u everything
Dad ; what
Dean ; hes left u the aquarium his house his belongs cars the beach house and his money which is 20 millon dollars

I start coughing

Dean; would u like some water
Tegan; no I'm ok what why me
Dad : did u know
Tegan; i was so unaware of this when did he write his will
Dean : 27 of septmber so just over a month ago
Tegan : he left me everything
Dean : yes
Tegan ; oh my God
Dean ; he spoke very highly of u
Dad ; jesus
Dean : if u would sign theses papers and i will give u the keys to everything and them i can leave u to process everything

I sign the papers and i take the keys and the paper work

Dean; sorry for your loss miss jones have a good day
Tegan: have a good week
Dean ; thank u

He walks out and me and my dad sit in silence taking everything in

Dad ; your a million air
Tegan; i don't care about that he left me everything dad why me
Dad ; he was like a second dad to u and to him u were probably like a daughter
Tegan ; oh my God
Dad : what are u gonna do about his business or well your business now
Tegan; no the aquarium is always going to be kashs i know 100% this place is staying open this was his pride and joy i am gonna carry this place on in his legacy.
Dad : what about your job as a firefighter
Tegan; I'm gonna continue being a firefighter but I'll hire a manger to take over but I'll make final decisions and if the staff want to continue working here they can because they are amzing people who work here .
Dad ; I'll become the manager i see how passionate u are about this place and i know u loved kash
Tegan; u would do that
Dad : yes i would
Tegan ; thank u
Dad : we have to talk to your mom
Tegan ; we do
Dad ; and tell her u just become a million air
Tegan: shut up and lets go see mom
Dad ; swear your the parents and I'm the child
Tegan: because I'm more mature then u , u still act like a blood teenager now fucking move
Dad ; fucking hell

We get up walking out and i drive home and we tell my mom everything

Mom ; ok so let me get this straight kash left u everything dad is gonna take over the aquarium u have 20 mill a mansion a beach house and 4 top notch cars
Dad : that is exactly what she is saying
Mom : what
Tegan : like what the hell do i do kash didn't tell anything if i had knowen i was getting everything. I would have prepared if that was even possible
Mom ; fliping hell
Tegan: what do i do mean the house and the beach house is gonna be usless to me but i don't want to put them up for sale because it was kashs but they wouldn't be used
Dad : u can't keep them because they were kashs
Mom : take some time to think about it u don't want to make any rash decisions in a click of a finger
Tegan; ok
Mom : now are u sure u want to take over the aquarium
Dad : yes I'll hand my notice in tomrrow at work and when ever i finish work I'll then start working at the aquarium and I'll train myself up
Mom ; I'll help u run the aquarium but we are gonna need to train our selfs we know nothing of running an aquarium
Tegan; i don't know a lot but I'll help ask much as i possibly can when i am not working
Mom : ok
Tegan: I'm gonna go upstairs and get my head around stuff I'm still trying to come to terms with kash not being with us
Dad : ok

I head upstairs and i sit down going on my phone and i message drew

Tegan : was meant to send this earlier but i hope today goes good

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