“Just get on with it,” Carol snapped. “Easy to say. But not so simple to do. He sucked up nine years! I was stupid enough to get sucked in by promises of things to come. When we married, his father was ill and was about to turn over their shoe-store chain to him—worth millions. Here it is nine years later and his goddamn father is healthier than ever! Hasn’t even retired. And Justin’s still working for peanuts as Daddy’s bookkeeper. Guess what I’m going to get now when Daddy croaks? After all these years of waiting? As an ex-daughter-in-law? Nothing! Absolutely nothing.
