MY HUSBAND BETRAYED ME
“Eleanor. She was Harold’s cousin, Amanda. Did you never know?”
I shook my head, stunned.
“The house was hers. It came down through the family. When she died, it went to Richard in trust for you. And he let Harold live in it, for a rent of one dollar a year, because it was easier than a quarrel.” Tobias shook his head. “Harold bought the title, quietly, in 2009. He wanted it for the wedding.”
“I thought it was a gift.”
“It was a theft, dressed as a gift. And he knew that the covenant was in the cellar. He gave Nathaniel the key and told him to open it when he was dead.” Tobias smiled, a little grimly. “I think it was his way of confessing.”