Antiques Disposal (2012)
““Is he all right?” I asked Mother as she settled into the passenger seat.
“My, yes. The old dear will be just fine.”
I grunted. “ ‘The old dear’ should be disbarred for suppressing that irrevocable trust.”
Mother sighed. “Perhaps once upon a time, but at the age of ninety—with the infraction so far in the past—I scarcely think that will happen. Why, is it a point you would like to press?”
“Well, no. But that ‘infraction’ could still get him sued.”
Mother was frowning at me, thoughtfully. “Are y...ou going to share this information with James Lawrence?”
“I think I should at least suggest that he speak to Wayne about it. Do you think the ‘old dear’ will come clean?”
Mother was nodding. “If I know Wayne, he will.”
Starting the car, I mumbled, “Maybe you didn’t know him as well as you thought... . Where to?”
“River Road—north.”
She wasn’t more specific, and I knew it was futile to ask.
I caught River Road on the other side of the park, then headed along the twisty two-lane that took us by the Lucky Four Leaf Clover, the storage facility looking benignly banal against a colorful fall-foliage backdrop, as if nothing out of the ordinary had ever happened there.MoreLess
“My, yes. The old dear will be just fine.”
I grunted. “ ‘The old dear’ should be disbarred for suppressing that irrevocable trust.”
Mother sighed. “Perhaps once upon a time, but at the age of ninety—with the infraction so far in the past—I scarcely think that will happen. Why, is it a point you would like to press?”
“Well, no. But that ‘infraction’ could still get him sued.”
Mother was frowning at me, thoughtfully. “Are y...ou going to share this information with James Lawrence?”
“I think I should at least suggest that he speak to Wayne about it. Do you think the ‘old dear’ will come clean?”
Mother was nodding. “If I know Wayne, he will.”
Starting the car, I mumbled, “Maybe you didn’t know him as well as you thought... . Where to?”
“River Road—north.”
She wasn’t more specific, and I knew it was futile to ask.
I caught River Road on the other side of the park, then headed along the twisty two-lane that took us by the Lucky Four Leaf Clover, the storage facility looking benignly banal against a colorful fall-foliage backdrop, as if nothing out of the ordinary had ever happened there.MoreLess
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