The universal eyeroll from all family members including his parents speak volume about his relationship with them. Ransom had missed his grandfathers funeral avoiding the family and getting things done while everyone was out of the house. The thorndrys were a pack of wolves and a will reading like this would end up in a disaster. They all believed themselves to be self made good people but they were neither. Ransom smirked not glancing at his parents as he entered his girlfriend on his arm. A girlfriend that wasn't a white American. Despite having been at the gatherings for years they still forgot her name and made up a new place she "immigrated" from. But she was used to it. She shoots Ransom a confused look why he was suddenly so happy when he had fought with his grandfather Harlan Thorndrys only hours before he allegedly committed. In the back of the reading sat detective Blanc. He knew he was disowned he was just in for drama and maybe the dark truth was Harlans death wasn't at all what people thought.