When he hung up, Martha took the frame in her hands and noticed that a corner of the backrest was loose. When he lifted the cardboard, a letter folded with his name written in Mr. Whitaker’s trembling letter fell on the table.
Julian’s intimidation and the decision to stand firm
That same night, Julian knocked on the apartment door. He offered him ten thousand dollars in exchange for him signing a waiver of the inheritance. Marta refused. He raised the offer to fifteen thousand and threatened it with years of litigation that would consume all his savings.
But the woman who had served silently for eighteen years was no longer willing to bow her head. He demanded a formal meeting in the lawyer’s office and asked him to take all the lawyers he wanted. “Maybe I regret it, but I will regret standing,” he replied.
