She peered at her brother in exasperation as he spoke. She had never so much as raised her voice to him before, but she'd been on her own long enough that his excuses stung without mercy. "And you have come to tell me you actually care?" She gave an un-ladylike snort and said firmly, "I did what was asked of me, brother. I found work." And then she said, "For your information, I did so well that Miss Harlowe left her entire estate to me." What she would not tell him was that she was obligated to marry. She hadn't written her family about that information.

"I will ask again, why'd you come?"