The Last Will and Testament of Simon Alexander Brown
Peter Gilmore was exactly 27 years, 157 days old. He knew this because he had been exactly 27 years and one day old when he heard the name Simon Brown for the first time, relayed with sober efficiency by the police officer calling to tell him that Simon Brown was dead. He knew this because he had marked the passing of each subsequent day with a small black tick in the margin of the small black notebook that had been Simon’s only possession on the day of his death. He knew this because he only had seven days left to find his inheritance.
