Chapter 151

The moment the young saleswoman said that, a hush fell over the neighborhood as if someone had sucked all the sound out of the world. The people passing by, the Braine family’s crowd of down–and– out relatives, even Patrick and Susanne themselves, were all rooted to the spot, eyes wide and unblinking. What had she just said? 3.6 million, one–of–a–kind? What kind of grand gesture was that? They had not seen that kind of money in their lifetimes! “No, this can’t be right....