The Hidden Heiress: Married to My Ex's Brother novel · Chapter 28 of 32
Chapter 28: Pack Your Things
Lance's mother looked at the glass.
Then at the three hundred faces.
For once in her life, she had nothing to say into a microphone.
She picked up her silver clutch and walked off the head table with her chin high.
She made it past the quartet before her heel caught in a gap between the old boards.
The fish market lady caught her by the elbow.
"Careful, hon," she said. "Pier's older than you think."
Lance went after his mother without looking back.
The reception went on without the bride, the groom or the groom's mother.
The band played anyway. They'd been paid.
The old engineer asked me to dance. Rem cut in after one song and the old engineer told him he was still on probation.
We walked home along the waterfront at midnight, my heels in Rem's hand.
At eight the next morning Rem's phone rang.
His father, curt and cold.
"Come to the house."
We walked the four blocks together.
The Beckford house stood in the gray morning with its front door wide open.
A van idled in the drive.
The housekeeper, the cook and two gardeners stood on the front steps in a line, like they'd been told to.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of The Hidden Heiress: Married to My Ex's Brother are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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