jacket off, shirt wrinkled.
Vance stood by the window with his arms crossed.
Evelyn sat composed.
Chloe looked ready to cry.
The door clicked shut behind me.
“Harper,” Richard snapped.
“I’m here.”
He stepped forward.
“What did you do?”
Same question.
Different fear underneath.
“We were trying to make a practical decision for the family.”
I looked at Evelyn.
“For the family,” I repeated.
Chloe let out a shaky breath.
“This is unbelievable,” she said. “You come back and just destroy everything over a house.”
There it was.
Shrink it
