Dear Brother, You Loved Me Too Late novel · Chapter 23 of 24

Chapter 23: Too Late

Colin did not answer for a long time.

The table was silent, and Clover had stopped moving at the stove.

"That's not fair," he said at last.

"No."

"You're using this on me."

"Yes," Angie said. "I'm using everything I've got. I'm out of time to be subtle."

He looked down at their joined hands.

"Dawn," he said.

"Six o'clock."

"I'll go."

"Say you won't come back here until you're done. Until the very last form."

"I won't."

"Good." She squeezed his fingers. "Now eat your cake."

There wasn't any cake, so Clover cut a lemon cookie in half.

Colin ate his half with tears running into his collar.

He left at ten.

At the door, he turned and looked back at the room.

Dixon's hand rested on the back of her chair, and the housekeeper held the white envelope against her chest.

"Goodnight, Angie," he said.

"Goodnight."

"I'll see you after."

She smiled.

"Go on," she said.

Gerald's car was idling at the curb, as promised.

Colin got into the passenger seat.

Gerald drove him home to Evanston without a word, and sat up in the kitchen with him until five.

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