Betrayal Behind the Wheel novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: Mother's Birthday
Marissa did not slam the door.
She shut it softly, and I heard the lock turn.
Through the window beside the porch swing, I heard her voice come back, small and flat.
"Say it again, Colby. Say it so I can hear it."
"Mari, you're being dramatic."
"Say you love me."
"Baby, I just did."
"No. You laughed."
I walked down the steps and did not hear the rest.
That night a courier brought a cream envelope to Myra's door.
Inside was a card in my mother's handwriting.
"Saturday, six o'clock. My sixty-third. Family attends. L."
Myra read it over my shoulder and whistled.
"She wants a show," she said. "A big one, with a tent."
"I'm not going."
"Gavin, think. Sixty people from the club, the dealership, the church, every family in this town that matters to her."
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