Talk:Cousin/@comment-33800024-20171204203513/@comment-3452092-20180107225546

Because she believes it's impossible. She doesn't think there's any way she can do it, so she doesn't see the point. There is more to it, but that's the biggest thing.

There are a lot of misunderstandings between her and her cousins. She thinks certain events happened a certain way is and is extremely hurt because of them and over the years she has become hostile to protect herself. Her cousins think events happened an entirely different way and think she wants nothing to do with them and don't understand her anger toward them and thus have given up on her.

They are both wrong.

So no, she didn't understand what she has to do incorrectly. She didn't understand events of the past correctly and that is coloring her actions now. It will be covered quite well over the course of the second and third book. At least I think it doesn't get started being covered until the second book.

And yes, in the end, your character will get to make the choice as to whether or not she thinks her cousin should get her inheritence, so that is a choice you can decide for your character.