God of Pain novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: Down
Tino did not move.
"Father," he said, smiling, in his softest voice. "It's a forgery. The Maradei girl has had a month to write whatever she likes."
"I asked you to read it," said the old man.
"I'd rather not."
"Then I will."
He took the book from the table with a hand that shook with age, and opened it to the first page.
The ballroom was so quiet that I heard the ice settle in somebody's glass.
"Account opened Sunday, October 4," the old man read, in his rusted voice. "Debtor, C. Reardon.
"'For every night she's free, he pays.'"
He turned a page.
He read on in silence, and his hand began to shake.
Somewhere to my left, a woman began to cry.
The old man kept reading, and with each line his face grew older.
At the back of the book, he stopped.
"And what is this?"
He held it up, so the nearest tables could see.
It was a page ruled in a different column, headed with a single word.
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