Chương 32
“Mom would hate that answer.”
He almost smiled.
“She hated most of my answers.”
“She did.”
For the first time that night, Daniel could hear her voice in the memory without feeling like it was being used against him.
He looked at Henry.
“You stay,” Daniel said.
Henry’s face went still.
“Not because I trust you,” Daniel added. “Because you’re going to help us untangle this.”
Henry glanced toward the front hall.
“I’m not sure you want me in this house.”
Daniel looked around at the mansion, at the expensive damage of it, at the chandelier burning above all of them like an accusation.
“No,” he said. “But I think I’m done deciding what I want before I know what happened.”
Henry lowered his eyes.
Then, after a moment, he sat down across from Daniel.
Ruth poured the last of the champagne into four glasses.
May you like
Nobody toasted.
They drank anyway.
