Married In A Heartbeat novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Sandpiper Lane
Roy was standing in the driveway in his church jacket when I opened the garage door.
A rideshare was pulling away from the curb, and the lemon tree dripped under the streetlight.
I wore Tobin's T-shirt and my mother's veil, which I had forgotten to take off.
Tobin stood at my shoulder in his jeans with a flashlight.
"It's the chest freezer," Roy said. "Behind the Christmas boxes."
"Dad, that freezer has been empty since the funeral."
"It isn't empty."
He walked in ahead of us and slid the Christmas boxes aside with his foot.
The freezer was a white box with a rusty latch.
He lifted the lid and stepped back.
Inside, under a quilted blanket, was a gray metal cash box with a strip of masking tape on top.
The tape said LEANNE in my mother's blocky handwriting.
I lifted it out.
It was heavier than it looked.
I set it on the workbench, and my fingers wouldn't work the lock.
Tobin did it with a screwdriver and a thumb, quietly, and stepped away.
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