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38774 Reed Rd, Manzanita, Oregon 97131 USA
Clause 3B: I give the following residences to my granddaughter, Cassandra Whelan:
Monroe Cottage, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Co. Galway 099 73047
27 Craven Hill Mews, London, Greater London W2 3DP United Kingdom
Clause 3C: None of the above named properties are to be sold before the year 2050 unless my family requires the funds to pay any outstanding debts on my behalf.
ARTICLE IV: Residuary Clause
I give the rest of my estate (called my residuary estate) to my daughter, Sybil Whelan. If she does not survive me, I give my residuary estate to my grandchild, Cassandra Whelan.
ARTICLE V: Taxes
I direct my executors, without apportionment against any beneficiary or other person, to pay all estate, inheritance, and succession taxes (including any interest and penalties thereon) payable by reason of my death.
ARTICLE VI: Fiduciaries
I appoint Jonathan F. Lynch as Executor of this will. If he is unable or unwilling to act, or resigns, I appoint Robert Connolly as the executor in his place. If either co-executor also predeceases me or is unable or unwilling to act, the survivor shall serve as executor. My executor shall have all the powers allowable to executors under the laws of this state. I direct that no bond or security of any kind shall be required of any executor.
ARTICLE VII: Simultaneous Death Clause
If my daughter or granddaughter and I shall die under such circumstances that the order of our deaths cannot be readily ascertained, they shall be deemed to have predeceased me. No person, other than my daughter and granddaughter, shall be deemed to have survived me if such persons die within 30 days of my death. In this event, all parts of my estate shall be sold and the monies divided evenly among the townships of the Aran Islands. This article modifies all provisions of this will accordingly.
I have signed this will this 17th day of March, 2003.
Penelope Ann Monroe
SIGNED AND DECLARED by Penelope Ann Monroe on March 17, 2003, to be her will, in our presence, who at her request, in her presence and in the presence of each other, all being present at the same time, have signed our names as witnesses.
Jonathan F. Lynch
ROBERT CONNOLLY
Caitlin Genevieve Connolly
Iset the papers down and rested my hands on my knees. The ink immediately disappeared. Lynch hadn’t moved and was now watching me again with that odd iridescent glitter in his eyes that seemed to come and go like the wind.
“Will I be able to read that again?” I asked. “Or will I have to say goodbye to my father every time I want to review her will?” The idea was unbearable.
Lynch shook his head, and his eyes cleared. “No. But, Ms. Whelan?—”
“Cassandra or Cass, please. You’ve just seen one of the worst moments of my life. You can use my given name all the time, not just when you’re irritated with me.”
For that, I received a lopsided smile that made my stomach flip. “As you like. The document will respond to your touch alone from now on. You won’t have to See the memory again, but it was important that it be a particularly poignant one.Emotions are difficult to feign.”
“I see.”
But I didn’t. Not really. Why did Gran need to protect a will as basic as this so intensely? Did she know something was going to happen when she signed it? Divination wasn’t in our family’s realm of power, but I was starting to wonder what other secrets she might have kept other than being friendly with a socially awkward lawyer.
“Dr. Lynch?—”
“Jonathan, please. I—” He took a deep breath. “I already asked you that. And I would also prefer it.”
Clearly, he wasn’t the only one who felt more than slightly closer in the aftermath of the memory.
He pulled a few other papers from his briefcase and set them in front of me. “More of the standard bits. If you’ll sign here and here. They authorize me as your agent in dealing with the autopsy, cremation, and financial matters if you like. I’ll have the ashes delivered to you here or in Boston as soon as they are ready.”
