Chapter 20Thomas
I looked at my bank account in the morning and found an obscene amount of money. I’d just gotten the biggest f*****g paycheck I’d ever made in my life. I knew working with Bridget Meyers would be lucrative, but this was more than I’d ever imagined. The amount of money that dropped into my account would keep Lacey and me on track for two solid months, so I decided to keep Lacey home from school to celebrate.
“Daddy, where are we going?” she asked.
“We’re going to spend the day together. That all right?”
“Yeah!” she said. “Can we get ice cream?”
“Of course. You want a new dress?”
“Yay! New dress and ice cream!”
“New dress and ice cream, it is,” I said.
We slipped into a dress store, and Lacey wanted to try on every dress she saw. Green ones, pink ones, and blue ones
