Revealing My Secret Identities! My Bros Are Speechless! novel · Chapter 8 of 24

Chapter 8: Lou's Hands

Nobody in the hall moved.

Gordon's smile stayed exactly where it was.

"The necklace is in my father's safe," Lexi said into the microphone. "It was never missing. I was told to say Lena took it, and to say it on the street, so a lawyer could film her."

A glass broke somewhere in the ballroom.

"I watched him put it back that morning," Lexi said. "I'm sorry. I should have said no."

She was crying by then, quietly, with her chin up.

I had never seen anyone in that house cry with their chin up.

"My daughter," Gordon said, softly. "Sweetheart. You're exhausted."

He took the microphone out of her hand with a gentle, firm grip.

"Forgive us, everyone. She has been through an enormous shock."

He turned his face toward the crowd.

"It takes time to adjust to a new life. Our family appreciates your patience."

There was a murmur, then a ripple of kind applause.

The guests wanted to believe him.

A hand took Lexi by the elbow and led her up the stairs.

It was Mrs. Thornquist's.

She did not look at me as she passed.

For a moment I could see the back of her neck, and the pearls she had worn to every gala I'd been given, and I thought, she held me when I had a fever.

She had.

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