His Lesson Killed My Mother Now He Will Pay Chapter 34
Vivian stared at Graham, her chest rising and falling.
“You’re going to say this about your own family in front of an outsider?”
I closed the file on my desk.
“This isn’t your house.”
She turned toward me, as if only now noticing the center’s logo on the wall.
I met her gaze and said calmly, “I run this place. As for the Vale family’s affairs, I’ve been an outsider for a long time.”
The room went quiet.
Graham glanced at me, but his eyes didn’t linger. There was no appeal in them, no hint of the explanations he used to rely on.
“I’m sorry,” he said to her.
Then he turned and headed for the door.
“Stop!”
Vivian rushed after him, seizing his arm.
“You took that necklace from police evidence to return it to her?”
Graham stopped.
“Yes.”
“That is Vale family property!”
Slowly, he pried her fingers from his arm and pointed to the clear evidence bag on the corner of the desk.
“That’s why I didn’t decide for her.”
His voice was low, but firm.
“I left it for Nora to decide whether she wanted it back.”
Vivian’s eyes snapped to me, as if the necklace could still drag me back into that unfinished marriage, back to a place where she could negotiate, set terms, and name a price.
I picked up the evidence bag and walked over to her.
The necklace gleamed dully through the plastic.
I didn’t look at it again. I just held the bag out.
“Now I’ve decided.”
Her fingertips twitched, and she fumbled the catch.
The bag hit the floor, the necklace inside making a soft metallic clink.
Graham bent slightly at the waist.
Then he straightened, without picking it up.
He opened the door and left without looking back.
Outside, elderly clients waiting to register, family members pushing wheelchairs, and volunteers filled the doorway. He walked into the crowd and was swallowed by the noise and movement.
Vivian stood frozen.
The necklace still lay at her feet.