There was no mistaking what those were with the bank logo so visible in one of them. My jaw nearly dropped.
"Did you write her a check?" I asked in surprise.
He raised his glass and drank calmly. "It was supposed to be for her sister's tuition."
"Jadeis a part of this family, Grandfather, and you will afford her some respect," I snapped, my fingers tightening on Jade's hand.
"Are you playing house now? Surely you know what a terrible idea that is, trying to make her fit where she does not belong!"
In all my life, I had never raised my voice to my grandfather, but I found myself very tempted to do so now. He was impossible, and I couldn't let him treat Jade this way.
"Does my son not belong here too? Because you can't tell me he does, then in the next breath, claim that the woman who
