Chapter 2: She Doesn't Know About the Document
I stepped in front of the first mover before he reached the west hallway.
"Stop.
Those don't go there."
The young man looked at Ashley.
Ashley looked at me.
"Margaret, please don't cause a scene in front of my parents."
"This is my home.
I'll speak wherever I like."
Linda touched her husband's arm.
He hadn't said a word yet, just stood in my foyer surrounded by their luggage, looking at the floor.
I turned to Ashley.
"Tell them where their room is.
Or I will."
"The west suite is the only room that makes sense—"
"The guest suite is down the east hall.
Second door on the left.
It has a private bathroom, a sitting chair, and a window that faces the garden Frank planted thirty years ago." I looked at Linda.
"You're welcome to use it."
Linda opened her mouth.
Ashley cut her off.
"Daniel spoke to a lawyer," Ashley said quietly.
The room went still.
"He said that because we've been living here for eight months and contributing to household expenses, there may be grounds to—"
"Ashley." Daniel's voice came from the top of the stairs.
He was looking down at her with an expression I had never seen on my son's face before.
Not tired.
Not caught in the middle.
Afraid.
Ashley stopped talking.
She looked up at him.
Something passed between them that I didn't understand yet.
Then Daniel said, "She doesn't know about the document."
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What document?
And why is Daniel afraid?
Margaret thought the fight was about a bedroom.
But what Daniel just said changes everything.
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