How an Email Invitation to a Colorado Christmas Dinner Ended Eight Years of Separation
“I know,” I said, standing three feet from the edge of the large mahogany desk.
“Margaret told me.”
Ethan walked over to the desk and stopped on the other side of the polished wood.
“I’m not going to offer you money again, Grace,” Ethan said.
“I’m not going to call a lawyer, and I’m not going to pretend I had a good reason eight years ago.”
“Good,” I said.
“Because I brought the original hospital receipts in my briefcase, and they’re staying in my filing cabinet in Colorado Springs.”
Ethan looked straight into my eyes, his face pale in the clear mountain sunlight coming through the high window.