The Hidden Heiress: Married to My Ex's Brother novel · Chapter 24 of 32
Chapter 24: The Yacht Club
"Why would I bring her?" I said.
"Because she's my daughter, and you've got her envelope." He breathed into the phone. "Tuesday. One o'clock."
He hung up.
Walter took the pipe out of his mouth.
"That," he said, "is a man who wants out of something."
Tuesday I ran the 7:10 and the 9:25 and handed the Kittiwake to the relief captain at noon.
I changed in the crew locker.
Dina had sent a dress over in a garment bag with a note pinned to it. NOT BLACK. NOT RED. RICH.
It was dark green. It fit.
Rem was waiting at the top of the ramp in a navy suit.
He looked at the dress, then at my face.
"You look like you own a port."
"I own part of one."
"I know. It's very attractive."
The yacht club sat on the water with a hundred white boats rocking in front of it.
The dining room was all windows and old men.
Every one of them looked up when we walked in.
A few of them had been at the Harbor Gala. One had been at the Conway board vote. He lifted his glass to me an inch.
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