PART 3 My mother closed her eyes. My father didn’t respond immediately. He simply stared at the papers as if the numbers might rearrange themselves into something that made sense. Ranata shifted in her chair. “Fay, this isn’t the time to make everything about you.” I turned toward her. “I’m not making anything about me.…

PART 3 “And you believed him?” Her face crumpled. “I thought I was helping you, Gary. Jordan told me you had started gambling and were too ashamed to admit it. He said the debt was getting worse, and he was afraid you would lose everything if people found out.” “Everything,” I repeated quietly. I almost…

PART 3 Michael didn’t answer immediately. He calmly adjusted his jacket, then glanced at the growing crowd around us. “You were laughing a few minutes ago,” he said. “You wanted everyone here to believe Rebecca was so undesirable that no man would ever want to stand beside her. I thought it was time people saw…

PART 3 My mother closed her eyes. My father didn’t respond immediately. He simply stared at the papers as if the numbers might rearrange themselves into something that made sense. Ranata shifted in her chair. “Fay, this isn’t the time to make everything about you.” I turned toward her. “I’m not making anything about me.…

PART 3 “And you believed him?” Her face crumpled. “I thought I was helping you, Gary. Jordan told me you had started gambling and were too ashamed to admit it. He said the debt was getting worse, and he was afraid you would lose everything if people found out.” “Everything,” I repeated quietly. I almost…

PART 3 Michael didn’t answer immediately. He calmly adjusted his jacket, then glanced at the growing crowd around us. “You were laughing a few minutes ago,” he said. “You wanted everyone here to believe Rebecca was so undesirable that no man would ever want to stand beside her. I thought it was time people saw…