I Gave Him Half My Liver, Then He Sold My Father's House novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: He Sees the Woman Who Stayed
Gregor Vale catches Cormac Deane by the sleeve and pulls him away from the dinner table while I stand beside Helen, the property agent who let him call me a cleaner at the first viewing.
The movement is small. The room still notices.
Cormac looks down at Gregor's hand, then at Gregor's face. He does not pull free. That would make the gesture larger than it is, and Gregor has already had enough attention for one evening.
'You have been speaking to my wife behind my back,' Gregor says.
His voice is low. The partners are close enough to hear every word.
I look at the wine spreading across the tablecloth. It has reached the corner where my name was printed. The card is ruined. The fact remains readable.
Helen stands beside me with her hands folded over her small evening bag. She has not asked whether I am all right. She has never been careless with questions.
Cormac removes Gregor's fingers from his sleeve, one at a time.
'If you intend to accuse me of professional misconduct, Mr Vale, you should do so in a room where somebody has taken minutes.'
Gregor's mouth tightens.
'How long?' he asks me.
I do not answer at once. The silence gives him space to make the question more precise.
'How long have you been working with him? Since the viewing? Before that? Did you arrange the recording together? Was the dinner your idea?'
He is counting dates now. His hand keeps returning to the guest list, where Cormac's name is printed among people Gregor thought belonged to him.
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