‘Clearly she's failed to meet the requirement that she and Raymond reproduce — so what's the drill now?’
‘Not a very kind one, I'm afraid,’ Singleton told them. ‘Felicity Raine failed in her duty to the family line, so she gets nothing at all. Not even the house she shared with Mr Raine and presumably thought of, still thinks of, as home.’
Rafferty was shocked, not least by the solicitor's matter-of-fact manner. ‘You mean, supposing she is found not guilty, she'll just be chucked out on the street on her release?
‘0h, I doubt it would come to that. I think Stephanie Raine, even though on the few occasions I've met her she didn't strike me as being a particularly sensitive person, would be prepared to behave generously to the woman whose failure ensured her own increased inheritance — as
