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Sydney.
    Sydney dug her fingers into her hair. “It doesn’t matter. Dad’s will was specific. Once he reaches twenty-one, Dean is eligible to exercise his ownership rights over Decadent. Add that to the fact that he’s finished school and unemployed. . . .”
    â€œLet’s not jump to conclusions,” JJ said, finally taking a spoonful of yogurt. “He just graduated a month ago. He hasn’t even moved back to Toronto yet. He’s probably not even thinking about the shop. And even if he was, he knows you’ve been running it since daddy died. I don’t think he’s going to interfere.”
    â€œAnd wasn’t he doing some music program anyway?” Lissandra asked, dishing some fruit onto her own plate.
    â€œIt’s a dual degree, audio production and business management,” Sydney said.
    Zelia cleared her throat. “Uh, yeah, it’s not so dual anymore.”
    â€œWhat?” Sydney and JJ said.
    â€œHe kinda dropped the business management part.” Zelia kept her eyes on the piece of toast she was meticulously cutting up. “The music program was really intense. It was hard for him to keep up with both. . . .”
    â€œIn other words, he was failing his business courses,” Sydney said dryly.
    Lissandra shook her head as she spooned sugar into her glass of orange juice. “I warned ya’ll. I told ya’ll he was gonna waste that money. Daddy was wrong to pay for Dean’s tuition like that. He shoulda made his behind pay for it with loans and elbow grease like the rest of us. Bet he wouldn’t be failing nothin’ if it was coming out of his own pocket.”
    â€œWith all that good English you just used, it sounds like you failed something,” Zelia muttered.
    â€œDon’t start on me, Miss unfinished degree,” Lissandra growled, pointing her spoon at Zelia. “At least Dean’s done. You been at school almost six years now and still ain’t finished your four-year degree.”
    â€œIt’s only been five years and you know I switched majors. . . .”
    â€œMaybe you need to switch brains. . . .”
    â€œOK, ladies, break it up,” Sydney said. “All of us are going to have to switch jobs if we don’t figure out this thing with Dean and Decadent.”
    â€œI still think you’re overreacting. Dean’s not going to change anything anytime soon.” JJ wiped her mouth with a napkin and stood. “But I’ll leave that to you and Lissandra. I’ve got a dress shop to run.”
    Sydney absently watched JJ leave the room to gather her things before she headed out to the dress shop she ran with their mother.
    â€œDon’t worry about it, Syd,” Zelia said drawing Sydney’s attention back to the table. “I’ll talk to Dean and see what he’s thinking.”
    â€œNo, that’s OK,” Sydney said. “I’m gonna arrange something with him myself. I think I should be the one to bring it up.”
    â€œYou sure?” Zelia asked. Sydney could see the worried expression in her younger sister’s eyes.
    â€œYeah.” Sydney waved away her sister’s concern. “It’s no big deal. JJ’s probably right anyway.”
    â€œZelia! You coming or what?” JJ asked as she walked back through the dining area toward the front door. “You know mom doesn’t like opening up the shop on her own.”
    â€œYeah, I’m coming,” Zelia called back. She threw Sydney another sympathetic look before dashing off behind JJ.
    Moments later Sydney heard the front door close, followed by the sound of a car engine, which soon faded. She turned to look at Lissandra.
    Lissandra took a sip of her juice. “You know this Dean thing is gonna be a mess, right?”
    â€œOh yeah,” Sydney said. “Without a doubt.”
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    The mess was waiting for Sydney by the time she got to work.
    Though it was only after