PART 13

Paige had her own reckoning with Gordon.

She invited him to lunch after he sent her a series of messages saying that a good daughter would force her mother to stop the sale.

He arrived carrying an expensive gift bag.

“I thought we could put this unpleasantness behind us,” he said.

Paige set the bag aside unopened.

“Dad, you told me the condo was yours.”

“It was the family home.”