Private Finished Gone

"I haven't touched it all - yet." Zora said shaking her head, "The dubious ones are in escrow and legal accountants are going through it. And unfortunately, the debts are through his businesses, which he left to me and..." here she made a resigned gesture. Tomas's gifts always had hidden strings.

"It's all a mess, Angelo. To be honest, a lot of the companies are in foreign countries, they don't regulate the same as here..." she admitted.

"Let's just say it would have been better if Tomas hadn't have left me anything... None of that is worth this, worth Broen leaving. If I had known..." she said, her voice trailing, not sure what she have done. Maybe not tell him, and just pay? She wasn't too sure Broen would have been happy if she had done that either.

Zora just nodded. She had accepted the inheritance blindly - without considering the implications of what it might carry with it. She knew she shouldn't have. But she had to admit, at that time, she had not been in the best frame of mind either.

The 'give Freddie shit' comment made Zora smile despite everything. She could easily see Broen saying something like that.

"Have you seen, or heard anything about Crawford since?" she asked curiously as she tore a piece of her bagel off. "And do you know if Broen had any contact with him afterwards?" she said looking at Jude now.

"He never really said anything to me, but Broen tends to be the private about his past, and unless I ask directly..." she explained, sure that Jude would probably understand.

"That's strange in a way, I am kind of surprised that nobody really visits him," Zora had to admit. "Since heroes like he supposedly was, do tend to have staunch supporters and fans," she mused.

"I mean, I'm glad that he's been ostracized and all, don't get me wrong," she clarified. "I am just surprised that at least somebody hasn't tried to contact him. I haven't even seen news articles or interviews." Zora explained thinking how in the Narrow Reality criminals like him, were often a social curiosity, a type of odd celebrity.

Zora took a piece of the bagel as Jude talked. "I can understand that, not wanting to see his dad again. And honestly, I am proud of Broen actually, though he'd probably kill me for saying that," she grinned, "but he had me worried for a while. I truly thought he'd do something to Crawford. Although, I really cannot blame him, if he had."

"When are you going this week?" Zora asked curiously. "And more importantly, does Angelo or Basilio know you are going?" she asked keenly, wondering what his father and Sargeant Genovese thought of this whole thing.

Zora had to smile at that. She did remember Broen commenting a few things about Jude´s dad and his dealings back in Halcyon. How times had changed, she thought, the irony of everything very apparent.

"You know, as odd as this may seem, I almost would like to see Crawford again," Zora admitted. "Part of me is curious as to how he is getting along, and if he has changed any..." she explained, knowing deep down that it was very unlikely Frederick would ever change.

"Maybe I will, next week I'm crazy busy with tax time coming up, but the one after," Zora answered, kind of considering that maybe she could go and see Broen's father at some point if the islets allowed visitors like Jude said they did. And as much as the disliked the man, part of her was sort of curious too. He was Broen's father after all whether she liked it or not.

At Jude's offer, Zora shook her head. "Thanks, but it's fine, I have the space, and truthfully, Broen does't really have a lot of stuff," she admitted thinking that at her place he just had clothes, a few personal items and tons of bakeware and stuff for cooking.

"Although, if you could check his dorm room for me that'd be great, see if there is anything important that should be put away safe," she said thinking that she probably wouldn't have as easy access there since she wasn't a student.