Forty Thousand Dollars and the Deed to Maple Avenue Bakery

personally cover the past-due taxes before the November deadline. You do not have to worry about the bank anymore.”

“I only want what is best for the family name, Evelyn,” he added, his smile perfectly steady.

I took the pages from his desk, the paper crisp and clean, feeling a sudden wave of relief that we might finally have a way out.

At four o’clock,continue reading …