Before the Knock
"Shirley, when your mother-in-law asks for a favor, you help out, right?"
My husband's younger aunt, Becky Canfield, chimed in, saying, "That's right. Jim's your family. If he does well, we all do, too."
Across the table, Jim lounged back, smirking and crossing his legs.
His wife, Nevaeh Lewis, was busy peeling an orange, not bothering to look up.
Holding that contract, I felt a knot in my stomach.
"Mom, this is serious. I should talk it over with Howard first..."
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