Secret Strangers in Love novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: What the Old Men Owe
Two hundred guests stood between the white chairs and watched the two old men walk down the aisle.
Stanford went first, small and straight in his gray overcoat.
Grover followed, huge and stooped, turning his hat around and around in his hands.
They stopped in front of Gavin and me, under the roses where the bride had stood.
"We have come to answer," Stanford said.
"You're late," said Gavin.
"We were slowed by a deputy," said Stanford. "He wished to know whether we were also decoys."
Gavin did not smile.
I held my grandmother's necklace in my fist and said nothing, because I wanted to hear the old man say it first.
Stanford looked at the rows of faces, the grocery owners and the dairy families.
"I am Stanford Ashworth," he said, to all of them. "I run Ashworth Group, and I have been a fool."
"Louder," said the dairy farmer.
"I SAID I HAVE BEEN A FOOL."
A cough of laughter went down the terrace and died.
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