is due before dessert service. Ms. Clara Bennett was listed as the responsible payer, but she has just canceled authorization.”
Ryan’s face immediately turned red.
“You can’t do that.”
“I can,” I said. “I just did.”
Mason, my other brother, stepped forward with all the confidence of a man who had spent most of his adult life paying bills late.
“It’s Mom’s birthday. Stop humiliating her.”
I met his eyes.
“You mean like standing your sister in a corner?”
He scoffed.
“Adopted sister.”
The entire room heard him.
Even the
