VIOLET'S POV
I felt my nerves and sadness build as Hazel and i made our way to the lawyer's office, i hate this the entire thing. I don't even know why i have to go my mom and dad were struggling financially the last few months so it's not like i have anything to inherit maybe the house? I doubt it though I've seen the letters from the bank threatening to take the house back. I sighed and looked out of the window while caressing my stomach I've been wracking my brain trying to think how I'm going to juggle school and raising a baby I'm probably going to have to get a job. God when did everything get so complicated just the other day things were still so simple and now...now i don't know what my next move is going to be.
I looked over at Hazel when she took a hold of my hand and gave her a grateful smile, i don't know what i did to deserve her but it must have been something big. I sighed as we pulled into a parking space i looked at the tall building looming over us like a dark shadow. We got out of the car and made our way inside the building and the friendly secretary at the front desk told us what floor we needed to go to. We got in the elevator and made our way up to the sixth floor getting out and making our way to the secretary's desk.
"Good morning how can i help you?" She asked in an usually perky voice.
"We're here to see Michael O'Malley" i answered and she nodded and picked up the phone dialing his number and telling him that we were here.
A few minutes later he emerged from his office and came over to us shaking our hands and taking us back into his office.
"Violet i just want to say again how sorry i am for your loss, your parents were good people" he stated sadly and i nodded and thanked him for his sympathy.
"Right so let's right into it." I nodded and he grabbed a stack of papers.
"This is your parents will, they left everything to you when they died your mother's life insurance policy immediately went towards paying the remainder of what they owed on the house so the property is in the process of being put in your name, as for your father his life insurance policy, pension fund and investments are now all in your name. The life insurance policy is worth 2.3 million dollars after tax reduction. As for his pension fund you will receive 3200 dollars every month for 20 years and every month you'll receive 6000 dollar out payments from profits made by the companies he invested in sometimes you'll get more depending on how much profits were made but you'll never get less than 6000 dollars. The only thing that is not in your name is their car, that was put in your uncle's name. Do you have any questions?" I was dumbfounded why would they fight about money if they had all these extra incomes along with my dad's salary.
"How could they have these many assets and still have money troubles?" I asked and he sighed.
"They didn't have money troubles because of a lack of income, your mother confided in me and told me your father's drinking had been becoming increasingly troublesome and he spent most of his salary on it." I nodded.
"Okay so how does all of this work now, what happens next?"
"You'll need to sign a few papers and give me your banking information so we can make sure the money gets to you, the hospital already provided us with their death certificates so there is no need for that on your part." I nodded and felt the tears well up in my eyes, I'm going to have all this money now but I won't have my mom and dad my baby won't ever know their grandparents. I wiped my eyes an took the papers from his hand reading through them to make sure i wasn't going to have any troubles in the future with regards to this money and signed the papers once i finished reading through them.
"That's all for now, just call if you have any questions but you're free to go for now" i nodded and thanked him for his time and we made our way out of his office and headed home.
When we got home i went straight to Hazel's room and crawled on the bed hugging the little stuffed bear i got for my 8th birthday and cried. I cried because i missed my parents and i cried because i was angry at my father for hurting my mom.
I curled up into a ball and pulled the covers over my head and laid there crying for god knows how long .
HAZEL'S POV
My heart ached for Violet she misses her mom and dad so much and she feels lost and lonely without them. I grabbed her a bottle of water and made my way up to my room seeing. Her curled up in bed clutching her stuffed bear to her chest. I got in bed behind her and wrapped my arms around her holding her while she cried. I kissed her head and she turned around and cuddled closer to me. I kissed her forehead and watched as she fell asleep slowly, while she slept i wiped the tears off her cheeks and tried to think of something i could do to make her feel a little bit better, i know she's going to be sad for a while and that's fine i just wanna do something to make her feel a little better after having such a crappy day. I sighed and laid the stroking Violet's hair trying to think of something we could do. She really likes late night drives so maybe i could take her on a drive later tonight.
