“Good,” Ainsley replied. “After Christmas dinner, when everyone’s gone and Wes is exhausted, tell him the credit union needs him to sign paperwork for a better mortgage rate.”
I sat completely still.
“He never reads anything when he’s tired,” she continued.
Then came the words that made my blood run cold.
“Once he signs the quitclaim deed, his name comes off the property. You and Mom can transfer the house into a trust with me as the beneficiary.”
My father hesitated.
“But Wes invested a lot of money—”
“He doesn’t need it!” Ainsley interrupted. “He has Mara’s insurance money. Besides, Brooks’s parents believe the house belongs to our family. What am I supposed to tell them?”
She complained that her wedding expenses had already reached $38,000.
Then she mentioned Luna.
“And I don’t want Marian seeing Luna making those movements at Christmas dinner. She should stay in the breakfast room.”
