CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR
Nothing ever really happens in Silver Crest. Not the kind of thing that makes headlines or has every neighbor whispering over fences and at the diner counter. It’s the sort of town where the biggest drama is who double-parked outside the church or which high school kid TP’d Principal Curtis’ lawn.
But then came the past few weeks and nothing’s been quiet since. The mayor’s sins finally came to light, decades of corruption peeled back layer by layer in a courtroom that didn’t hesitate. The trial moved quickly, as if the whole town had been holding its breath, just waiting for justice to finally catch up. Rita’s mom didn’t wait either. Her divorce papers were filed before the sentencing even started and then she retreated into her cocoon. My dad and I have paid her a c
