But his mother did not make him look away from it.

That, he did all by himself.

Junia picked up the envelope before he could touch it, and hid it deep in her bedroom nightstand.

Chapter 7 — Four Hundred Twenty Thousand

The next morning, using her son’s access code, Junia transferred the entire $420,000 saved for the house straight into her personal account.

At dinner that night she looked across the table at Desmond, calm as still water.