Her Quiet Vengeance
assed.
Science fairs, spelling
determination, I
t's my boy!" he'd boom at games,
n extension of hi
ng the family construction business
of Wall Street. Of algor
books on economics, subscri
ne," Michael would say, impressed despite hims
ust s
tate debate championship, Michael
e said, hand
d tennis bracelet.
voice was thick with emotion. Or what he thought was
hael," I said soft
ething unreadable in his eyes. Th
t was a reward. A reco
y to reinforce his own self-i
elet. It felt c
getting restless. She was asking Michael for more money.
told me once, testing the wate
r her," I'd replied
lieved by my appa
, from Henderson, that she'd been a peripheral figure in her ex-boyfriend's money laundering scheme.
gun. I kept it locked away,
olleges. Ivy League. Hi
dness of strangers, about the woman who raised him
eant
in his eyes. "He's a good ki
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