The Stand-In Bride Refusal novel · Chapter 23 of 24
Chapter 23: Her Own Wedding
The room at O'Hare had a metal table and a single window onto the tarmac.
Constance sat on the far side of it with her coat folded in her lap and no pearls on.
She looked older.
Her bob had come loose on one side.
"You came," she said.
"I came to listen. Not to forgive."
"I understand."
"Do you?"
She looked at the table.
"I wanted Delilah to have what I never had," she said. "A good name. A good house. A husband with money."
"And I was in the way."
"You were in the way of nothing," I said. "You were in a guest room."
Her mouth trembled.
"Will you tell Delilah I..."
"No."
"I only want her to know..."
"If you have something to say to your daughter, you'll say it yourself, with your own mouth, and a lawyer present."
She nodded slowly.
"The state's attorney will decide what you owe," I said. "The house is mine. The money is mine. The rest isn't up to me."
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