My Husband Buried Me in Gossip, So I Came Back With His Brother novel · Chapter 22 of 24

Chapter 22: In His Own Order

"The lease first," I said, "because it comes first."

I held up a single sheet, so the hall could see the letterhead.

"March fourteenth. A letter from the landlord of the Tiffin Avenue lot to Rieder Auto Sales. Todd, you've had it since April."

"The lease will not be renewed," I read. "It ends on March thirty-first."

A murmur went through the tables, and then it stopped, because the man at table one had set down his coffee.

The lender opened his folder.

"Mr. Rieder," he said, mildly, from his chair. "Your loan application in January states the lease runs through twenty thirty-one."

"That's a mistake," Todd said. He was still smiling. "It's being renewed."

"The landlord's letter says otherwise," said the lender.

"This is a misunderstanding," Todd said. "Everyone, this is my wife, she isn't well."

"I'm still on the first page," I said, as pleasantly as I knew how. "Hold that thought. You'll want to use it."

Somebody laughed at the back, and it was not kind.

"The cabin," I said.

I laid down the second sheet.

"This is a hotel receipt in Toledo, and a deposit on a boat slip at Indian Lake."

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