“You sent an appraiser onto trust property without asking me.”

“My son is your husband.”

“That wasn’t my question.”

Her expression cooled.

“You make marriage very transactional.”

Coming from the woman appraising my inheritance for her son’s creditors, the irony almost impressed me.

PART 9 — $1.2 MILLION

The truth arrived at dinner.

Flynn’s hand shook while pouring water.

I asked again.