Chapter 5 - Mia Heard The Wrong Conversation
Mia had come to the estate one Saturday because Rosa could not find childcare.
She colored at the kitchen table while Rosa worked upstairs.
Mia wandered toward the service office looking for crayons.
She heard Caleb and Harrison arguing.
Harrison said:
“Rosa is asking again.”
Caleb answered:
“Then let her ask. When rent is due, she’ll be too busy surviving to investigate payroll.”
Mia did not understand payroll.
She understood rent.
Her mother had cried over an eviction notice that week.
Then Caleb said something else.
“If Julian sees the original account list, we’re both finished.”
That was why Harrison had clutched the folder.
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Not because he wanted to hide it from me.
Because Caleb had spent months telling him that exposure would make Harrison the sole criminal.
