A Lake Norman Vacation Property and Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
“Patricia, Spencer, and Mallory, all three,” I said.
“That woman’s got eyes all over Mecklenburg County, honey,” Helen said quietly.
“She still tells anybody who’ll listen that you walked off with things that weren’t yours.”
“I took my clothes and my bed,” I said.
“That’s all.”
“She doesn’t care about the facts,” Helen said.
She rubbed her right knuckles again, watching the gray shadows lengthen across the yard.
“She spent thirty years keeping a tight grip on that family’s money.
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