The Stranger I Married novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Confession
I walked up the block through the thinning crowd, and he took his hands out of his pockets.
"That was the best thing I've ever seen anyone do on a sidewalk," Elias said.
"Don't compliment me."
"All right."
"Why are you here?"
"The board meets at two.
My mother called an emergency session about the leak."
He kept his voice level.
"She's going to say I brought a scandal into the company and ask them to remove me for it.
I'm going to tell them everything before she does."
"Everything."
"The chapel, the lawyer, the ad, the payments, the investigator.
Every dollar."
I stared at him.
"You'll lose the job."
"I expect to."
"You'll lose the hotel."
"Maya, I lost something much worse in Reno and have been paying for it since.
I'd like to start paying on purpose."
"Don't do this for me."
"I'm not.
I'm doing it so nobody ever again has to find out from my mother."
He gave me a small nod and walked to the curb where a car was waiting.
I stood on the corner with my heart going.
Then I turned and said to the nearest van, "Does anyone here have a free ride downtown?"
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