Chapter 117

Vera

For a second, I’m sure I must’ve misheard him.

The whole room goes silent. So silent it feels like even the old grandfather clock in the hallway just gave up and stopped ticking.

My father’s words hang there in the air, thick and heavy.

The only thing standing between Brittany and bankruptcy is your husband.

I just stare at him. That’s all I can do. Just stare, hoping the joke will come, wai