Double Contract Love novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: The Sapphire
"Twelve days is a long time," I said, and sat down beside him on the step.
"It's not long enough."
"Dal."
"Not yet." He folded the paper and put it in his shirt pocket. "Let me get through the morning."
At seven the six men in orange vests pulled up in the green truck with the ladder rack, because he had called them at five.
They carried Gwen's things out of my father's house and set them on the porch.
Eleven trunks, nine hatboxes, a rolled rug, a rack of lavender suits in plastic, and a lamp.
Every item was labeled and squared to the railing.
"I've never seen a more courteous eviction," said the foreman, and Dal said it was the only kind he did.
At nine a taxi rolled up Cherokee Road.
My stepmother got out in yesterday's lavender, with her bob flat on one side and no pearls at her throat.
The neighbors had come out onto their lawns to rake leaves that were already raked.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Double Contract Love are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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