The Divorce He Asked For, The Empire I Took Away novel · Chapter 17 of 32
Chapter 17: The Story
I took a sip of my coffee.
The camera was still on Augie.
He didn't step back into the hall.
He came and stood beside me at the screen door, barefoot, flannel half buttoned, and looked straight down the lens.
"Kessel," I said.
The reporter blinked.
"Excuse me?"
"My name's Kessel. Mrs. Arnott is his problem." I nodded at Dex. "He served me divorce papers on a wine barrel in August. You can look it up. There's a video."
Dex smiled for the camera.
"She signed them right on the spot. Now we know why."
"Since last night," I said to the reporter. "That's the answer to your question. Since last night. Write it down right."
Winona appeared behind us with the spatula.
"And he's fixing my porch step after breakfast," she said. "Put that in, too."
"Ms. Kessel, Mr. Arnott says you've been working with Dahl Cellars all summer to take his vineyard."
"It's not his vineyard."
"He says it was a family arrangement."
"My grandpa wrote down what the arrangement was. A judge read it in four minutes." I opened the screen door wide. "You want pancakes? There's about forty."
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