He Paid a Million for One Night, and the Contract Was Signed by My Mother novel · Chapter 11 of 24
Chapter 11: Read Aloud
My mother's kitchen smelled of onions and starch.
Cormac Verlander sat at her table with his canvas coat over the back of the chair and his cap on his knee, reading.
He had four sheets of paper in his big scarred hands.
I knew the pages before I saw the words.
They were the agreement.
Page two had a dropped e.
"Maman," I said.
My mother stood at the stove with her back to the room, stirring a pot that did not need stirring.
"He came in at four," she said. "He said he had business."
"I let myself in," Cormac said. "The door was open."
"Where did you get that?"
"A hall clerk made a copy at the ball." He didn't look up. "It cost me two hundred dollars and a case of bourbon. The man had the cloakroom hatch open the whole night. He saw you sign."
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