One Last Call Before Goodbye novel · Chapter 16 of 16
Chapter 16: No Limit
Clifford stood up.
"No."
"I didn't ask you, Clifford."
"You don't get to ask her anything."
Louise was on her feet too.
Her coffee had sloshed down the front of her smock, and she didn't seem to notice.
"Lou," I said. "Clifford. It's all right."
They both looked at me.
"Stay," I said. "But let her talk."
Cynthia came two steps into the room.
No farther.
Up close, I could see her lipstick was gone.
She looked her age for the first time since I'd known her.
"The treasurer's lawyer called me an hour ago," she said. "There's going to be a charge. Maybe more than one."
Nobody said anything.
"I came to ask you what you want," she said.
"What I want?"
"You've won, Colleen. Surely you want something. An apology in the papers. The salon building. Money."
She actually said it.
Money.
Louise made a noise that wasn't a word.
I looked at Cynthia for a long moment.
I had been afraid of her for five years.
I tried to find the fear now.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–8 of One Last Call Before Goodbye are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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