Chapter 2 - The Guest Shows Me More
I stopped ten feet from the estate gate.
Noah was still in my arms.
His face was pressed into my shoulder.
Behind us, a man shouted:
“Robert! Wait!”
I turned.
It was Daniel Mercer, one of our late grandfather’s attorneys.
He held up his phone.
“I recorded more than the fight.”
Claire’s face changed.
So did Margaret’s.
Daniel walked toward me slowly.
“I was testing the camera before the ceremony. I caught a conversation near the west terrace.”
He pressed play.
Claire’s voice came first.
“If Robert stays through the reception, Daniel has to tell him.”
Margaret answered:
“Then make sure he leaves.”
My grip tightened around Noah.
Claire whispered:
“What about the boy?”
Margaret said:
“He’s the easiest way to make Robert walk out.”
Noah lifted his head.
I felt something inside me go cold.
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The cake had been an accident.
Their reaction had not been.
