Scandalous novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: Hartwell Tower
"Give me that," my father said.
Nolan didn't. He held the pen between two fingers.
"Who's listening?" he asked me.
"Nobody you can get to."
"Jillian."
"It has been going to my mother's phone for forty minutes," I said. "She's in the parking lot, and she isn't alone."
That last part was a guess.
I'd seen her thumb the screen before I got out of the car.
My father's chair scraped back.
For the first time in my life I watched Desmond Ruddock lose his color all at once.
"You recorded your own father."
"I recorded what you said."
"After everything I did for you."
"You did it to me, Dad."
He took a step around the table, and his hand came up.
Nolan caught his sleeve.
"Not here," Nolan said quietly. "Staff."
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