He didn’t know I’d spent six months getting ready to stop.
I wasn’t there when he opened the envelope.
I’ve pieced it together since, from Graham, who later told Nina everything in exchange for not being named in the lawsuit. From Madison, who told investigators. From a second cousin named Patty, who called me months later and said, “I just think you ought to know what it looked like.”
Ezoic
Here’s what it looked like.
For about twenty minutes after I left, nobody touched the envelope. Richard went on eating. Eleanor went on talking about how dramatic I’d always been. Madison laughed and posted something on her phone.
Then Richard picked up his napkin to wipe his mouth, and the blue envelope slid out from underneath the paper plate.
