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She saidstepmotheron purpose because she knew it would piss them off, and she didn’t like either of these people. Their father was dead, and they verbally attacked a pregnant widow.
“Well, maybe,” Josh said with quiet venom, “you should look at who profits from his death.”
“Do either of you work with your father in his business?”
They shook their heads. Kimberly crossed her arms and glared at Kara.
“So your brother Justin is the only one who knows about your father’s business dealings?”
“He’s probably screwing her,” Josh said. “That’s why he changed his tune about her. When our father first got remarried, he felt the same as us about that gold-digging bitch.”
“I’ll be sure to ask Justin,” Kara said. “In the meantime, when was the last timeyouspoke to your father?”
They didn’t say anything.
“You don’t remember? Can I show you a calendar?”
The siblings exchanged a glance. Then Josh said, “A week ago Sunday. We have dinner every Sunday unless Dad is traveling.”
“And why is that hard to remember?” Kara asked.
“It was a clusterfuck,” Kimberly sniped. “Because of that woman. She’s come between us and our dad, and now she’s having a baby. I’m going to demand a paternity test.”
“You might as well tell me exactly what happened at the dinner last week because I will find out. If you hold back, it might make me think that you were angry enough at your father to kill him.”
“How dare you!” Kimberly said. “Ilovedmy father! He was being used, and I just wanted him to see that.”
Josh put his hand on his sister’s arm. Finally, he was showing some common sense and trying to calm his sister.
“Dad asked us to leave,” he said.
“Why?”
“Because Kimberly found out that Dad changed his will to include an unborn child.”
“I would think the terms of your father’s will were confidential. Did he discuss this with you?”
Neither said anything. Okay, a friend or relative or someone in the law firm had squawked.
“And I assume you didn’t want any alterations to his will?”
Kimberly tilted her chin up. “I wanted Dad to understand that she was using him for his money, and now that she was pregnant, she was never going away.”
“You didn’t think he loved her?”
“I’m sure he did. Dad is amazing in every way, but he was conned. Madelyn doesn’t love him.”
“Why do you think that?”
“She was twenty-four when they got married, he was already fifty-one! What do you think? Nearly thirty years age difference? And she came fromnothing. Dead broke. Worked at a country club as awaitressand basically flirted and seduced rich single guys, looking for a free ride. She loves hismoney.”
“How. Dare. You.”
Madelyn stood in the doorway. Kara was angry at herself that she hadn’t noticed the woman’s return, and irritated that Marcy hadn’t kept her inside.
“It’s true,” said Kimberly.
“Out.”
