“Funny. That’s what you said when I asked why you were leaving.”
His face tightened. “I made sure you were taken care of.”
Chanel stepped closer. “Dad, don’t.”
“No,” I said. “Let him finish.”
Walter swallowed. “I did what I could.”
“You made sure you could sleep at night.”
The announcer called his name.
Walter took the podium. “Everything I built, I built because of family.”
I stood. “Then say my name, Walter.”
The room turned.
“I did what I could.”
“Say the name of the woman who cooked those dinners, raised your children, and cared for your mother when you said hospitals made you uncomfortable.”
Walter gripped the podium. “I always respected you.”
I opened the folder. “Then why did you hide the money?”
Marcy turned. “What money?”
I read Walter’s own words.
