The words almost seemed to clank down to the floor. She thought if she looked, she might see them there, shattered and broken. “Who controls their shares? The others?” Cindy raised her eyebrows. “The children,” Alex asked.“Has anything been signed? Assuming that the courts upheld any interest that children other than Claire and myself have in AEGIS?” Cindy nodded.“Their parents made the decision to trust any potential interest with me. Arturo and Thalia both retained their own control, of course, though I will admit that they both planned to ask me for advice on what to do with them.” “Did you plan to challenge the will?” Alex’s tone was harder than Zoey anticipated. “It was written that way in order to give us the option.” Zoey could see the other woman now, standing in a courtroom, facing down a cranky judge.
