Sweetheart Wife novel · Chapter 24 of 24
Chapter 24: Room Two
"Give back what?" I asked.
Jonas took an envelope from his jacket and held it out to me with both hands.
It was long and white, with the county court's stamp on the corner, and it was thicker than I expected.
I opened it and read the first page standing in the hall.
It was a claim against the Habersham estate, filed on Friday by his lawyer.
It asked for fourteen months in jail, a ruined career and seven years of lost wages.
The figure at the bottom had seven digits, and the first one was four.
Stapled behind it was a single sheet, signed that morning.
"Withdrawal of Claim," it said at the top. "With prejudice. Jonas Middleton."
I looked up.
"The estate is yours," he said. "It would have been your money."
"You could have taken it. Nobody in this city would have said you didn't deserve every cent."
"I know what I deserved."
"And the three hundred thousand?"
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