When Greenlee went back outside, she found a bustle of Smyth's chatting and laughing. The women were sipping white wine, and the men had some clear alcoholic drink. Greenlee shifted through the crowd, scouring for Andrew. She was able to find Amy, but Andrew wasn't with her.

"Ah, there he is," she said as she finally spotted him. She walked up and tapped his shoulder, but when they were face-to-face Greenlee realized it wasn't Andrew, but his younger brother Kyle.

"Yes?" He said

Greenlee smiled and said, "Have you seen your brother?"

"Why, yes of course." Kyle pointed towards a small group of people a short distance off, and sure enough, Andrew was standing among them holding a drink and wearing his crooked smile.

"Thanks."

As she walked towards the group, she was stopped suddenly by a hand on her shoulder.

"Hello, Greenlee."

Greenlee turned. It was her Aunt Maria.

"Aunt Maria, how wonderful to see you."

But she was cringing on the inside. Maria was Jimmy's mother, but Jimmy and his mom were complete opposites, much like Greenlee and her own mother.

Aunt Maria entered the family by marrying Greenlee's uncle David, the third Smyth son. David and Maria were the parents to three of the Smyth grandchildren. Aunt Maria, in Greenlee's honost opinion, was someone to be avoided.

"Have you seen my Grandchildren running around anywhere?"

"I think they might be in the maze," Greenlee guessed.

"Oh, yes, you're probably right." She looked disappointed.

"Well, have you seen James then?"

"Nope, haven't seen James."

Greenlee was getting good at this lying stuff. She kind of liked it, too.

"Oh," Maria said. "How about your mother, seen her around?"

"No, I could care less where she is."

Maria raised both her eyebrows in surprise. Greenlee had taken her by surprise with her comment.

"Oh, look," Maria said looking beyond Greenlee, "Here comes mother."

Greenlee turned around; her grandmother was wheeling herself outside. Her dog, Chops, was in her lap.

Maria quickly left Greenlee and went to the side of the wheelchair attempting to strike up conversation with the old woman, but Millicent was obviously in a bitter mood and wasn't interested. Either that, or she too had learned who to avoid over the years. Greenlee took the oppertunity to approach Andrew.

"Excuse me," She said as she stepped up to the group. Andrew was standing with Greenlee's uncles Norman and Michael, and her cousins Peter, John and Mady. Peter and Mady were twins.

"Hey Greens!" Mady said cheerfully, she was just barely eight-teen.

Greenlee smile, "I was wondering if I could snag Andrew away for just a minute?"

"Sure thing," Peter said with a nudge into Greenlee with his elbow, which he followed with a wink. Greenlee shook her head at him.

Andrew reluctantly excused himself from the group and followed Greenlee to a quiet corner of the yard.

"If you're going to try to--" Andrew began, but Greenlee interupted.

"Yes, I am going to apologise. I'm sorry, okay? My family is really messed up."

"Oh, you kissed me because of your family?" He said sarcastically. "Yeah, it all makes sense now."

"No, that's not what I meant... You wouldn't understand."

"Then why bother trying to tell me?" He turned to walk away.

"Wait, please. I need a lawyer's opinion."

He turned back to her, "I'm sure one of your cousins can help you. At least one of them had to of gone to Law School."

"No, Medical School is the big thing in this family. You're the only lawyer here. Please?"

How could he say no to a helpless girl?

"Alright, yeah." He gave in. "What is it?"

"Is it legal for a parent to say they'll pass everything onto their child, but only if that child is a male?"

Andrew knitted his eyebrows in thought, "Sure, that's legal. It's a form of entailment."

"Isn't it sexist?"

"Well, it could be, but if that's what the parent's decide and they don't give birth to a male, then they don't have to pass their things on to their daughter. They don't have to pass their things on to anyone."

"What if they tell their daughter to get married, and then they'll pass everything onto her?"

"That could be considered bribary I guess, but it's an incredably weak case that I doubt any sane judge would take."

"Damn it!"

"Is that what you're parents are doing to you?"

Greenlee nodded.

"...and that's why you kissed me?"

Another nod.

"Did you're mother, sort of, force you onto me?"

"Yes," Greenlee was drowned in mortification, she couldn't believe she was admitting this to him.

"My mother forced me to like you too."

"What?"

WHAT!?!?

"That's why we came."

Greenlee felt a sense of relief flood over herself. He had fallen for the same trick she had!

"I'm so sorry that this all happened, Andrew."

"It wasn't all your fault, my behavior was only a provocation."

She couldn't deny that.

"Well, thanks for your help." Greenlee stepped away taking a deep breath. Wow.

Just as everyone was beginning to enter the maze, and she was heading into the house, someone caught her arm.

"Oh, Leo," She said surprised.

"I saw you and Andrew talking. How'd it go?"

"Not as bad as I thought."

"See, what did I tell you?" Leo smiled sweetly at her.

"Say, you wouldn't want to ditch the maze with me and have some cocoa, would you?" Greenlee asked.

"Gee, I don't know... you think that's okay with your mother if we miss the maze?"

"Oh we can sneak off into the library seperatly, no one will be the wiser."

Leo laughed, "You're so guileless," he joked.

Greenlee grinned, "See you in Library in ten minutes."

"Roger that."

"You're such a dork." She laughed, and they headed their seperate ways: Leo to the library, and Greenlee to the kitchen.

As Greenlee poured the steaming water from the kettle to the mugs, she had a sudden realization. Since she'd met Leo, she hadn't even thought about Him once. Not once. It was like... he had helped to assuage her obsession for him. But as Greenlee pondered over the events that had taken place recently, she began to wonder if her ex-fiance hadn't proposed souly because she was affluent. Maybe somehow he knew about the inheiritance, but eventually felt too guilty to go through with it and ended the relationship.

Greenlee shook her head at the thought, that was crazy. He couldn't have known about the money. She never told him about her past, about her family...

She sighed. Being wealthy sure was a pain in the ass.

"So," Leo said lifting his mug from the tray, "did you talk to your parents about the whole heir thing?"

"No, but I talked to Andrew about it."

"Did you really?"

"Yeah, he said it was entailment."

"When you put it that way, it sounds perfectly legal." He said.

"That's because it is, unfortunatly." Greenlee paused as she sipped her cocoa.

"I think I'm going to take this to the top." She said.

"What do you mean?"

"My father."

She stood up confidently, "I'm going to make him tell me why they're being so stubborn about it. There must be a reason." She paused, turning to face Leo. "...Right?"

"Right." He smiled encouragingly.

"Greenlee?" Leo stood up from the couch as she was exiting.

She turned, "Yeah?"

He stared at her, nervously twitching his fingers.

Greenlee took a step towards him, "What is it, Leo?"

"It's about the masquerade..."

"Yeah?"

"Are you supposed to, you know, bring a date?"

She smiled, "No, you're supposed to hook up with some mysterious, breath-taking girl who you dance with all night long, never knowing who she really is." She laughed a little, "It's kind of thrilling."

Leo cleared his throat, looking straight at her. "What if you.. already have a girl in mind?"

"I guess you could bring a date, then. Ruins the fun though, don't you think?"

"I guess so," he said. "If someone asked you, though, would you go with them? As a date?"

"I might," she shrugged. "Wouldn't stop me from dancing around. You have to dance with different people, guessing who it is behind the mask... I don't know, it's just not a masquerade if you don't."

He managed a smile, "Well, good luck. With your dad, I mean."

"Oh," She paused. "Thanks Leo." She flashed him a smile, and headed out.