The Grumpy Neighbor Wants the Size 22 Girl Upstairs, and the Walls Are Thin novel · Chapter 21 of 24
Chapter 21: Friday
On Friday at four, Loretta's hall was full again, and nobody was in a good mood.
Chairs stood in rows facing the little stage.
Everyone who had put money in a coffee can, a hymnal basket or a fireman's boot sat in them with their coats on.
Shannon held a tissue in each fist.
Costa and I sat in the front row.
My bank's email had come at noon, and I had it open on my phone.
PRE-APPROVED.
I had read it four times and still did not believe it.
On the table at the front lay two things.
One was a long white envelope with a check inside, signed in a developer's firm blue ink.
The other was the gym bag.
Loretta came in at four o'clock exactly, on her cane, in the purple hat.
She did not sit down.
"I called everybody," she said, "because I'm a woman who likes witnesses."
She looked down at the envelope.
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