I didn’t say hello. Instead, I just lifted a single brow.
“What’s this?” I asked.
“I’ve decided to visit.”
“You could have asked first.”
“You might have said no,” she said. “I couldn’t chance that.”
“Mary…”
“Come on, Rafael. It’s clear you like this potential new relation. You’re already attached. Who knows if you would even listen to bad news? You might twist everything to keep her around.”
“I wouldn’t do that,” I said firmly.
“There’s no telling,” Mary continued. “So really, I’m here in your best interest and in the best interest of our family.”
The best interest, I assumed, was the family wealth. Who wanted to share wealth and power? Mary was going to look poor Amber under the sharpest of microscopes.
It was also well known in the family that Mary was a gossip and a snoop. She
