The Abandoned Wife novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Ledger
"Where's the ring, Lena?" I said.
Her left hand closed into a fist and slid behind her back.
She had done exactly that in the garage, like a child with a stolen cookie.
"What ring?" she said. "Tom gave it to me."
"Give her the ring," Tom said.
He said it in a low flat voice I had never heard from him.
"I don't have it."
"Lena."
"I don't have it, Tom. Search me if you like."
The guard looked at the board chair.
The chair looked at her lawyer, who was already shaking his head.
"Unless she's under arrest, nobody lays a hand on her," the lawyer said. "I'd advise you all to think about that."
"Then she can go," said the board chair.
He said it without heat.
He slid the closing statement out of the bag and kept it.
He handed the bag back with her passport still inside it.
"Ms. Renner, you're terminated as chief of staff, effective this minute. Your badge, please."
She unclipped the badge from her lapel.
She dropped it on the table, and it slid across the oatmeal carpet and stopped against Tom's shoe.
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