Halsey stood. “Marlene, this is a private reading.”
“It’s a scam.” Marlene jabbed a finger at the desk. “That belonged to my grandmother. That is a family heirloom, and it should have stayed closed.”
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Halsey looked up.
“So you knew there was something inside?” I asked.
“That is a family heirloom, and it should have stayed closed.”
Marlene’s face drained of color. “I didn’t say that.”
But she had.
Joanne touched her sister’s elbow. “Marlene. Please.”
“No.” Marlene turned to Halsey. “I’m contesting the will. Today. I want it on record. He married her for money, and now he’s walking out of here with God knows what stuffed in a piece of furniture.”
Marlene’s face drained of color.
“On what grounds?” Halsey asked.
“Undue influence. She was confused. Anyone in town will say so.”
I looked at her then. Underneath the lipstick and the practiced fury, she was tired.
