["Aunt Evelyn, what do you think Uncle Wilson would say if he found out you gave yourself to Tiger?"]
The phone slipped from Evelyn’s hand and crashed to the floor.
She’d been betrayed by Tiger!
She had miscalculated—men like him only cared about money. Who did she think she was?
“Ahhh!” Evelyn screamed in rage, pounding her chest. She had always been the one manipulating others—now, she’d been outplayed.
But she wouldn’t let Barry have the last laugh.
She bent down, picked up the phone, and replied:
[Barry, accusing me like this out of thin air—you’ll be struck by lightning.]
At that moment, Barry was driving and hadn’t seen the message come through.
Evelyn waited until Caleb came home but still hadn’t received a reply from Barry.
She quickly composed herself and greeted her hus
