His Uncle's Obsession: After I Seduced Him novel · Chapter 19 of 32
Chapter 19: A Real Shop
"Which?" I said.
Reba leaned on the tailgate and pushed her reading glasses up into her hair.
"Wednesday night. The night before he signed."
"He was at the grave. I was there for the first part."
"I know you were. You came home at ten and went up the loft." She looked at the barn. "I sleep in the hauler, baby. I don't sleep much. At two in the morning his truck still wasn't up the hill."
"Reba."
"So I drove out to that church." She swallowed. "I sat in my truck, and he let me pretend he didn't see."
I didn't say anything.
She wiped her nose on her flannel cuff.
"Till five thirty. When he finally got up, he put his hand on his brother's name and said, 'I'm sorry. She's worth more than I am.' Then he drove home and signed it."
The hound sat down on my boot.
"You said he doesn't care about anything he's got," Reba said. "That's what you're wrong about."
"Reba."
"That forty-nine percent was the last thing he had of his brother and his daddy both. He cared about it plenty. He just cared about you more, and he went about it like a fool."
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