Forty-One Thousand Two Hundred Dollars Hidden in the Cardboard Box
Max checked his reflection in the glass of the microwave door, then shook his head.
“No time.
I have to help Lily pack her weekend bag.”
He walked into the living room, and I followed him, picking Lily’s crumpled socks up off the rug.
“We have a huge weekend planned,” Max said, opening Lily’s small blue suitcase on the couch.
“Claire has us running around to florists all day tomorrow.”
“Is everything set for May fourteenth?” I asked, setting the clean laundry on the cushion beside him.
“Almost,” Max said, smoothing down the corner of a folded shirt.