“Are you going to correct the rest?” I asked.
“Did you?”
“It’s harmless,” he murmured. “Leave it.”
Serena leaned toward her sons. “Get whatever you want. Grandpa only turns sixty-five once.”
“Can I get the biggest steak?” one of them asked.
“Add lobster,” Serena said. “Tonight’s covered.”
I looked at Chris.
He ordered the ribeye without meeting my eyes.
“Tonight’s covered.”
“And for you?” the waiter asked.
“House salad, baked potato, and water.”
Serena laughed. “At a steakhouse?”
“I know what I’m paying for.”
Chris shifted in his chair. “Natalie…”
I stood. “Excuse me. I’m going to the restroom.”
“At a steakhouse?”
Instead, I walked straight to the waiter.
“Separate checks, please. We’ll cover Henry and Tarryn, who are seated across from us. No one else.”
He nodded. “Understood, ma’am.”
I returned to the table with my heart pounding.
I ate while Serena ordered another bottle of wine and Chris avoided my eyes.
I wasn’t going to rescue anyone from the consequences they had earned.
“Understood, ma’am.”
***
After the plates were cleared, Henry set down his napkin.
“This is more than I needed,” he said. “But I’m glad everyone’s here.”
I reached into my purse.
“Chris, I brought something for you.”
He looked at the envelope. “What is it?”
“This is more than I needed.”
“Open it.”
He pulled out the printed plane tickets.
His face changed at once.
“Are these ours?”
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