“There was another man there. A private investigator. Apparently, Kane hired the guy shortly after Joey died to uncover all the things we weren’t finding on our own. Even though I told him not to do that. And the guy said that he found an account in the Caymans that Joey owned, and I’m the beneficiary.”

“How much money is it?”

“Half a million.”

If she were wearing pearls, she’d be clutching them in her pretty hands. “Mary Margaret.”

“There’s a safety deposit box, too. So the key I have probably goes to that.”

“And where’s the problem?”

I stare at her incredulously. “They did this against my wishes, Ma. And Cameron knew! He showed up, and he already knew what was going on. I’m sleeping with him, and he betrayed me.”

“You’re sleeping with Cameron, are you?”

I wince. “I said that out loud, huh? It doesn’t matter. I don’t want any of this. I don’t want the money or the box or anything else.”

“Seems to me you could use the money,” Ma says. “Whether you use it for yourself or donate to a cause.”

The door to the pub opens, and Kane walks in.

“I don’t want to talk to you.”

“Too bad,” he says and slides into the booth opposite us. He blinks at Ma. “How in the world did you get here?”

“By plane, just this morning. My sweet Cameron came to get us and kept our secret. And it’s happy I am to see you, but I’m going to let you talk with your sister for now.”

She kisses my cheek and then scoots out of the booth and joins everyone at the bar. She says something to Da, who then looks my way and gives me a wink.

“I’m really, really mad at you,” I inform Kane. My eldest brother reaches for my hand, and I don’t pull away. Of all my siblings, I’m closest to Kane, and that’s saying a lot because we’re all tight.

“I know, and I’m sorry that you are,” he says, measuring his words. “But I’m not sorry that I hired Bill. You deserve to know everything that Joey did, and if he left some money for you, well, you’re entitled to that, as well.”

“But I don’t want it,” I repeat. “Kane, I’ve worked damn hard to leave that part of my life behind, and you keep cutting me off at the knees every single time you undermine me like this. I know that you think you’re doing what’s best, but only I know what’s best for me. I’m not a little girl anymore.”