He Kissed My Sister on the Day I Was Forced to Wed novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: Public Reckoning
My stepmother did not blink.
"From household savings," she said. "My late mother left me a small estate."
"I see," said the liaison. "How small?"
"I don't discuss figures at dinner."
"It was four hundred thousand dollars, Mrs. Landry."
At the third table a heavy man in a tuxedo set down his fork.
"Excuse me," he said. "I'm on the board of Port Alder Savings."
Every head turned.
"I'd rather not speak out of turn," the banker said, to the room. "But the gift that went out in March left an account opened six years ago.
"The deposits into it came monthly.
"Each of them arrived the same week as the Draper Wharf payroll.
"I remember because I thought it was odd."
A low sound went around the ballroom.
My stepmother's hands were flat on the table.
I watched her decide.
It took her about two seconds, and when she looked up, her whole face had softened into grief.
"I didn't know," she said.
"Mrs. Landry..."
"I knew nothing about it.
"My husband handled every dollar in our house.
"I trusted him, and he deceived me.
"He stole from the Drapers, and from me, and from my daughter, who has had nothing but kindness to give anyone..."
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