The Lie That Lived With Us

und me staring blankly at the

moderator, Mrs. Henderson? Her husband also had... issue

at her,

you, or anyone in this neighborhood. It was the ex-wife of Brenda's former boss. Apparently, Brenda has a lon

ways assumed the worst o

intance from a charity committee I use

to see this, Sarah!

overing a children's charity g

photo. Mark, beaming,

I recognized. Mark had pointed it out in a boutique wind

stood Maya,

ior designer Brenda Allen, and her daughter Maya. Mr. Peterson' s generous

o, the charter school hadn't been

ties. It was a historic storefront on Charles Street, a gift from George and Caro

has been here twice this week. He's putting a lot of p

sweet older couple, th

of his open a chic home décor bo

ty. My income. A gift f

He was trying to control everything,

eady. "Regarding that property, I am relinquishin

roperty was legally mine. Geo

ached for my coffee mug, but it slip

ramic sliced into t

ely f