“He’s looking at me.”
“He’s observing everyone.”
“No. He’s looking at me as if he’s waiting for me to steal the silverware.”
“We don’t own any silverware worth stealing.”
“I assumed that’s why I didn’t take any.”
I glanced at him.
He sobered up.
“Winnie, you don’t owe me any explanation regarding Zach.”
“Maybe not. But you deserve one.”
I told him what Zach had said at the table.
I told him about the insurance money.
I told him how Zach had checked my accounts while I was sitting there.
I even told her what Megan had said about loneliness causing people to trust the wrong person.
Wendell listened in silence.
When I finished, he said, “They miss their father.”
“Me too.”
“I know.”
“The disappearance of Dwight”
