Chapter 10 - RORY ASKS ABOUT THE PORSCHERory saw David’s Porsche through the restaurant window one afternoon.
It remained in the employee garage because David’s access had been suspended before he moved it.
Red.
Shining.
Rory pointed.
“Is that the bad car?”
Leah almost laughed.
“There’s no bad car.”
“Mr. David’s.”
“Yes.”
“Did he buy it with Mom’s money?”
Leah froze.
She was four and a half.
Children made direct connections adults avoided.
“I don’t know.”
“But he had money.”
“Yes.”
“And you didn’t.”
“Yes.”
Rory frowned.
“Why?”
Leah looked toward Vincent, who happened to be nearby meeting investigators.
He heard.
He walked over.
“Because sometimes adults take things that don’t belong to them.”
Rory looked up.
“Did David?”
“We think he took money from workers.”
“Mom?”
“Yes.”
“Then give it back.”
“We did.”
Rory considered.
“All of it?”
“Yes.”
“Then is it fixed?”
Vincent stopped.
Leah looked at him.
He answered carefully.
“Not completely.”
“Why?”
“Because other people were hurt.”
“Oh.”
Rory thought longer.
“Then give theirs back too.”
Vincent almost smiled.
“That’s the plan.”
She nodded.
Problem solved, in her mind.
Then:
“Does David still get the car?”
Leah said:
“Rory.”
“What?”
Vincent answered.
“The car belongs to David unless a court says otherwise.”
“That’s not fair.”
“Maybe not.”
“Can you take it?”
“No.”
“But you’re the boss.”
Vincent smiled faintly.
“That doesn’t mean I can take anything I want.”
Rory seemed disappointed in power.
Good.
That was a useful lesson.
Vincent had men.
Money.
Influence.
Still rules.
May you like
He wanted Rory to understand that.
Especially because the adults around him sometimes forgot.
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